Managing floodplains using nature-based solutions to support multiple ecosystem functions and services

Jiří Jakubínský (Avtor), Nejc Bezak (Avtor), Tomáš Lepeška (Avtor)

Povzetek

Floodplains include unique environments shaped over a long time horizon along rivers and smaller streams and formed by alluvial sediments. As floodplains are flat, often with highly fertile and well-accessible land, they have become the intrinsic focus of human society while providing a variety of goods and ecosystem services. Intensive land use of floodplains is degrading their natural values and significantly reducing their ecosystem functions and services. A significant part of these key services is related with the ability of floodplains to retain water and nutrients, which can be understood as a flood control and a water-retention function. Although these ecosystems serve a number of other basic functions, the importance of floodplains as a place for water retention during extreme discharges caused by intense rainfall or snowmelt and the supply of water in times of drought are essential under conditions of global change. In order to increase the ability of floodplains to perform these functions, it is increasingly required to preserve the connectivity of rivers with surrounding floodplains and adapt human activities to maintain and restore river ecosystems. This article reviews the recent understanding of floodplain delineation, the most common causes of disturbance, the ecosystem functions being performed, discussing in turn the measures being considered to mitigate the frequency and magnitude of hydrologic extremes resulting from ongoing environmental changes.

Ključne besede

poplavne ravnice;poplave;ekosistemske storitve;

Podatki

Jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Leto izida:	2021
Tipologija:	1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija:	UL FGG - Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
UDK:	502/504:556
COBISS:	69496067
ISSN:	2049-1948
Št. ogledov:	1578
Št. prenosov:	115
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede:	floodplains;floods;ecosystem services;water and life;conservation;management;awareness;engineering water;planning water;
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Članek v reviji
Strani:	str. 1-19
Letnik:	ǂLetn. ǂ8
Zvezek:	ǂšt. ǂ5 e-1545
Čas izdaje:	sept./okt. 2021
DOI:	10.1002/wat2.1545
ID:	13641405