Case Studies

The fluvial and ecosystem restoration of the Arga and Aragón River systems combines multiple measures to reconnect rivers with their floodplains an

The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority’s Fortuna Wetland Restoration Project reconnected the 2,115-ha agricultural polder “Fortuna” to the Da

Due to major developments over the past two centuries, the Eau Morte Valley (a tributary of Annecy Lake) has a hydrosedimentary dysfunction with in

Germasogeia (Amathos) River crosses Yermasoyia municipality near Limassol.

Sponge Scapes case study SI 08

LIFE-Nature “Green Borders” (LIFE07 NAT/RO/000681, 2009–2013), coordinated by WWF with Romanian and Bulgarian partners, aimed to secure Pygmy Cormo

Located in Geneva, this case describes the long-running programme of green roofs at the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG).

Since 2003 the city of Vienna supports financially the implementation of green roofs with 8-25 € per m². The maximum subsidy can be 2200 €.

The fragments of floodplain forests (Fraxino - pannonicae -Ulmetum) along the River Körös were cut from the river by dykes during the river regulat

In the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, the ARBDD pursued ecological restoration by reconnecting the former Holbina–Dunavăț fish-farm basins to surr

The Holter-Hammrich project combined several natural water retention measures: floodplain restoration, meadow and pasture rehabilitation, and reduc

Upstream of ’s-Gravenvoeren (Voeren), the Horstergrub measure keeps muddy runoff in the valley with an earthen dyke/dams, and farmland was shifted

Sponge Scapes case study NL 02

Sponge Scapes case study NL 01

The project aims to secure year-round Danube Commission fairway depths of 2.5 m between Călărași and Brăila, including during low flows.

In the Xiropotamos River Basin, near the town of Naoussa in Central Macedonia, Greece, a set of natural water retention measures was implemented to

Flow-weighted sampling was performed at the inlet and outlet of one of the infiltration trenches beneath the parking lot of a supermarket in Kungsb

Fourqueux (≈4,000 inh.) requalified its centre with new housing and created the “Jardin des Eaux” to manage stormwater from ~1.7 ha.

This project is a permaculture-based regenerative agroecological farm and agritourism initiative located in Cairo Montenotte, Italy.

The Kylmäojankorpi case study represents research work where water quality (dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, turbidity, and temperature)

The national Landscape Revitalisation and Integrated River Basin Management Program (2010) aimed to curb ecosystem degradation and flood/drought ri

Leidsche Rijn is no longer only “under development”: the VINEX new town has largely been delivered (c. 1997–2025; ~30,000 homes).

The project applied an eco-remediation methodology at the Dobrava landfill (Municipality of Ormož, Slovenia) in the Pannonian lowlands.

The Lippenbroek project, launched in 2006 in Hamme (Belgium) as part of the Sigma Plan, implements an innovative sponge measure that combines flood