Guidelines for rehabilitation and management of floodplains: Ecology and safety combined

In the first part the focus point is the river landscape in general. This involves some physical characteristics, an overview of relevant policy documents for the river landscape in the Netherlands is given and a number of aspects in which the interrelations between the different rehabilitation measures come to light. The second part, consisting of chapters 4 to 10, defines the actual guidelines and recommendations for the implementation of some of the measures that might be considered in floodplain rehabilitation projects. These are: excavation of stagnant water bodies, construction of secondary channels, lowering of floodplains, removal of minor embankments, encouragement of the development natural levees, river dunes and marshes. For all of these chapters a similar structure was chosen, in order to secure easy access for users trying to find specific information quickly. The last chapter deals with grazing management, the choices that must be made there, and the consequences these choices have for the further development of the area. A number of points of attention are given that should be addressed when developing a management plan.Irma-Spong