Case Studies

Although the natural dynamics of the Drava River were heavily altered by three hydro-power plants, key lowland river features remain: side channels

The Crau plain is located on the French Mediterranean coast, forming a triangle between Arles, Salon-de-Provence and the Gulf of Fos.

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The 75 km-long Vezouze river regulary overflows, leading to increasingly violent floods especially in the urbanized sector of Lunéville, worsen by

Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in Los Arenales, Spain, aims to address severe groundwater overexploitation through the seasonal diversion of surplu

The Ministry-coordinated programme in Šumava National Park restores natural (pre-drainage) water regimes to mires, stabilising water tables, reduci

Chaux Forest is a timber production area threaded by many small, originally sinuous headwater streams.

This study assessed saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat), surface runoff (SR) and soil erosion (SL) under rainfed conditions, at plot scale, ove

The Körös-ér catchment lies in a drought-prone part of Hungary and is a heavily modified water body with nutrient inputs from urban and agricultura

In Veneto (Italy), floods, landslides and erosive phenomena have severely affected the region in recent years.

The Odelouca River: Natural bank stabilization and riparian buffer galleries as part of mitigation and compensatory measures and through the use of

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In the framework of a research programme, no tillage field trials have been installed in lower Austria.

In 2010, the Nummela Gateway Wetland Park (2 ha) was built as both a water-quality mitigation landscape and an urban park.

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Is the Riseholme site effective as a form of flood risk management using sponge measure?

The case study area “Petite Glâne” belongs to the Broye catchment in the southwestern part of the Swiss Plateau.

Le bassin de la Wimbe couvre environ 112 km² et est classé comme une biorégion continentale. Le bassin comprend les masses d’eau LE8-10.

The Cechticky stream catchment case study is located at the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

The Cherio River basin is located in the eastern part of Bergamo province, Lombardy region.

The Csorsza case study is located in Veszprém County, Hungary.

Main nature values are the eutrophic floodplain meadows, which provide nesting sites for the corn-crake (Crex crex) and other rare bird species.

HU: The Hungarian part of Kebele catchment with its 209 km2 size is located in the south-western corner of the country, in the West-transdanubian W

The Kråkstadelva catchment, as case study area, is located within the Hobølelva watershed, located ca. 30km S-SE of Oslo, Norway.

The Pesnica river catchment is characterized by intensive agricultural production, mainly cattle/pig breeding and arable farming.