Current status and restoration options for floodplains along the Danube River

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 543; no. Pt A; pp. 778 - 790
• Main Authors: Hein, Thomas, Schwarz, Ulrich, Habersack, Helmut, Nichersu, Iulian, Preiner, Stefan, Willby, Nigel, Weigelhofer, Gabriele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Austria; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Control; Danube river; Deltas; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Environmental Policy; Environmental Restoration and Remediation; Flood protection; Floodplains; Floods; Germany; Land use; Landscapes; Restoration; River restoration; Rivers; Rivers - chemistry; Tributaries; Water framework directive; Austria; Germany; MED, Black Sea, Danube Delta; Europe, Danube R; Flood protection; Danube river; River restoration; Water framework directive; Floodplains

Floodplains are key ecosystems of riverine landscapes and provide a multitude of ecosystem services. In most of the large river systems worldwide, a tremendous reduction of floodplain area has occurred in the last 100years and this loss continues due to pressures such as land use change, river regul...