River Restoration and Flood Risk Management: The River Orbigo Example from abate case Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 13 min 98 sec
✓ Published: 17-Jun-2013

Description:
The Órbigo River Project has been implemented by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment through the Duero River Basin Authority, in compliance with the Floods Directive and the Water Framework Directive and their respective goals of reducing the negative effects of floods and improving the ecological status of water bodies. nThe idea behind the project was that by restoring river connectivity with the floodplains, the hydraulic capacity of the river in the event of flooding w