Restoring Rivers and Floodplains for Habitat and Flood Risk ...

We assessed four multi-benefit floodplain projects (two in California, United States, and two in Germany) and characterized their drivers, history, and ...

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We conclude that projects that both reduce flood risk and restore ecosystems are clearly possible and often cost-effective, and that they could ...

We assessed four multi-benefit floodplain projects (two in California, United States, and two in Germany) and characterized their drivers, history, and ...

Why We Need to Restore Floodplains - - American Rivers

Restoring floodplains to give rivers more room to accommodate large floods is the best way to keep communities safe.

How restoring rivers' natural curves can prevent flooding - BBC

Restoring rivers to their natural state, removing dams and managing floodplains could help us cope with that higher flood risk, according to ...

conservation and restoration of rivers and floodplains

By linking the sustainable management of flood risk with the desire to deliver on multiple objectives consequently has the potential to provide solutions to ...

FT Q R16 - River and Floodplain restoration - The Flood Hub

in-channel and helping to decrease flood risk downstream. Having a more ... Improves habitat diversity and increases biodiversity both in channel and ...

How does river restoration reduce flood risk

By re-connecting brooks, streams and rivers to floodplains, former meanders and other natural storage areas, and enhancing the quality and capacity of wetlands, ...

Floodplain Restoration - Resilient Watersheds Toolbox

thus require high maintenance costs), strongly affect natural habitats along river edges, often increase flood risks upstream and downstream of levees, and ...

River Habitat | NOAA Fisheries

Flood protection—when waters rise, floodplains can absorb large amounts of water. This provides natural flood control for coastal communities, ...

Restoring Rivers and Floodplains for Habitat and Flood ... - Altmetric

Restoring Rivers and Floodplains for Habitat and Flood Risk Reduction: Experiences in Multi-Benefit Floodplain Management From California and Germany · Frontiers ...

Protecting and Restoring Floodplains - National Wildlife Federation

Typically located next to rivers, streams, and coasts, they are nature's best defense against destructive floods. Floodplains provide essential habitat for ...

Benefits of Natural Floodplains | FEMA.gov

Rivers and streams shape floodplain topography and influence riparian habitats and riverine ecosystems. Likewise, the physical ...

Rehabilitation and restoration of rivers and floodplains

Relocation of water-vulnerable land use types and activities to areas with lower flood risk is another option, which may facilitate the re-establishment of more ...

The Value of Floodplains - The Nature Conservancy

It has been estimated that restoring the 100-year flood zone of the five-state Upper Mississippi River Basin could store 39 million acre-feet of floodwaters ...

Restoring Floodplain Elements - Naturally Resilient Communities

Wetlands provide absorptive capacity for floodwaters but also serve as valuable riparian habitat for plants, birds, and other species. Therefore, the benefits ...

A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain ...

River restorations often affect floodplains, yet monitoring programs rarely investigate effects on floodplain organisms. This study examined a river restoration ...

Projects restore floodplain ecosystems while reducincg flood risk.

connectivity between rivers and flood- plains. To reverse these losses ... Chinook in floodplain and river habitats of the Cosumnes. River, fish reared ...

Floodplain Reconnection—Riverine Habitats—DOI NBS Roadmap

and housing complexes are often located close to rivers. Attempting to restore a floodplain in developed areas increases flood risk for the community.

Wetlands & Floodplains - Prairie Rivers Network

Solution: Reconnecting Floodplains and Restoring Wetlands · Reform laws and policies governing levee districts and drainage districts to support floodplain ...