Tool risk reduction measures
100 RISK REDUCTION MEASURES
Please note:
This catalogue contains 100 measures that can contribute to the mitigation of heavy rain risks. These measures are very diverse: they range from structural to non-structural measures and from small, easy-to-implement solutions to comprehensive conceptual approaches.
The catalogue was compiled from existing catalogues from all RAINMAN partner countries as well as from knowledge and experiences made in the project without claiming universal coverage and without having expert knowledge in each of the covered business areas. Sources for further information and good practice examples are provided for a large number of the included measures.
Use the selection feature to find measures that are applicable in the field of action that you are dealing with or search for key words you are looking for.
Please consider that heavy rain risk reduction measures work best, when they are strategically applied and cleverly combined under consideration of the local conditions. Go back to RISK REDUCTION MEASURES for further guidance.
Blue and green infrastructure
All kinds of blue and green infrastructure in the settlement areas (rivers, river valleys, water reservoirs, natural and artificial wetlands, parks, squares, orchards, gardens, allotments, green street strips, grasslands and other) decrease runoff and increase retention capacity. Preservation of the existing elements and creation of new elements is a contribution to heavy rain risk management and has a large number of additional benefits.
Check out the RAINMAN good practice examples:
- Good Practice Catalogue – the Rules for Sustainable Management of Stormwater from Road Surface, PL
- Price estimation for solutions from the “Good Practice Catalogue – the Rules for Sustainable Management of Rainwater from Road Surface”, CZ
- Good Practice Catalogue – the Rules for Sustainable Management of Rainwater in an urbanized area (part II), CZ
- The municipal Wroclaw subsidy program “Catch the Rain”, PL
- Water absorbing geocomposite (WAG)
READ MORE:
- Factsheets of key reasearch findings of the UK BlueGreenCities-project: http://www.bluegreencities.ac.uk/publications/factsheets.aspx (25.03.2020)
- Sylwia Horska-Schwarz, Irena Krukowska Szopa, Andrzej Ruszlewicz, Małgorzata Horska (2018): SUSZA CZY POWÓDŹ? Poradnik adaptacji do zmian klimatu poprzez małą retencję i ochronę bioróżnorodności [DROUGHT OR FLOOD? Guide to adaptation to climate change through small retention and biodiversity protection], URL: http://www.malaretencja.pl/publikacje.html (25.03.2020)
- Iwona Wagner, Kinga Krauze, Maciej Zalewski, Katedra Ekologii Stosowanej, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Europejskie Regionalne Centrum Ekohydrologii pod auspicjami UNESCO, PAN (): Błękitne aspekty zielonej infrastruktury [Blue aspects of green infrastructure], URL: https://www.teraz-srodowisko.pl/media/pdf/aktualnosci/1576-Blekitne-aspekty-zielonej-infrastruktury.pdf (20.03.2020)
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