Open AccessRiver Re-naturalization - a Nature-based Solution for Climate Change in Urban Areas
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Mazur
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series: materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1203/2/022044
Subject(s) - tributary , flood myth , climate change , natural (archaeology) , naturalization , biodiversity , stormwater , geography , river management , environmental resource management , habitat , environmental planning , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , ecology , surface runoff , cartography , archaeology , population , geology , sociology , alien , demography , geotechnical engineering , census , biology
The subject of the article is river management and their reconstruction in connection with the need to adapt urban areas to climate change. The article presents a fragment of a wider research. The aim of the study is to identify and indicate the main directions of activities undertaken in the field of river reconstruction, based on the analysis of documents and literature on the subject. The case study of the Wandle River - one of the tributaries of the Thames, running through heavily urbanized areas in London, is an example of the restoration of the river. In this case, the use of natural solutions improved: flood and drought risk management, stormwater retention, inhabitants' access to the river and biodiversity of natural habitats associated with the river.