Reference Database
The database aims to improve promotion, validation and knowledge exchange of reference practices in integrated river management.
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To support practitioners when searching, evaluating different practices or preparing their own practices to be in compliance with IRBM we provide
- a short checklist
- a handbook to Integrated Water Management in the Alpine Region for the Conservation of River Ecosystems and Sustainable Development
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Restoration of the Töss River-Germany
Switzerland, canton of Zürich, district of PfäffikonRead more...The river originates in the north east of the Swiss Alps, and forms the Töss valley. As well as the Thur river (flagship restoration measure), it is a tributary of the Rhine river which originates in the Swiss Alps and ends in the North Sea. The Töss ...
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Restoration of the Erft-river in Weilerswist-Germany
Germany, North Rhine-WestphaliaRead more...The Erft River was heavily trained in the 1960s to provide a higher discharge capacity for flood prevention and to make it easier to mechanically maintain the river. High dams were built along the river banks and the river bed was secured with large ...
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Restoration of the Goriški Brežicek-Slovenia
Slovenia, Inner CarnioliaRead more...Renaturation of former riverbeds was carried out at specific sections of the Goriški Brežiček and Tresenec streams. Both brooks were rerouted to their former meanders in the length of more than 500 m each. Floristic inventory and monitoring of the pl ...
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Restoration of the River Lahn-Germany
Germany, North Rhine-WestphaliaRead more...The restored section of the Lahn river is located in between Bad Laasphe and Marburg. Catchment size is about 650 km2, catchment geology is mostly comprised of acid rock (schist). Land use in the study catchment consists of up to 60% forest, around 3 ...
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Restoration of the wetland and riparian area at the Upper Drau River-Austria
Austria, CarinthiaRead more...The source of the river is in the Italian municipality Toblach where it continues its flow 264 km along the border between the Central Alps and the Southern Alps and across the Austrian federal states Tyrol and Carinthia. In Osijek (Croatia), the riv ...
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Restoring the natural dynamics of the upper Adour-France
France, Midi-Pyrénées, Adour-GaronneRead more...in order to protect nearby land and homes from flooding, work was regularly done on the river with the main objective being to narrow the river bed and to create a single channel. In the process, alluvial bars along the entire upstream section were s ...
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Restoring the river continuity of the Bresle River by returning it to its original bed in Sénarpont-France
France, Hauts-de-FranceRead more...The works, done at the end of 2013, consisted of creating multiple channels along the original bed, using some of the former bypass channels of the abandoned mill. Some of the earthwork was done in the standard manner with machines designed for wetla ...
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River Po Basin District Management Plan
Italy, Valle d'Aosta, Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Toscana, Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige.Read more...The Po District river Basin Management Plan update process went through an Environmental Strategic Evaluation, involving all stakeholders in forums, workshops and focus goups, the results of observations and ideas where evaluated and inserted in the ...
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SAGE (schéma d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux) - French local concerted planning procedure of River basin Management
FranceRead more...Several evaluations of the SAGE (Schéma d'Améngament et de Gestion des Eaux), which is one of the main tool of French water policy, and consists of a local concerted planning procedure; its aims at implementing river basin management principles, and ...
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SAGE Drôme
France, DrômeRead more...Local water scheme for river Drome and its tributaries Schéma d'Aménagement et de Gestion des Eaux du bassin versant de la Drôme
