E) Ecosystem services and floodplain rehabilitation

Theme E) Ecosystem services and floodplain rehabilitation

This project aims at developing approaches to:

monitor and map floodplain landscape-ecological classes using remote sensing on different spatial scales,
predict the spatial and temporal dynamics of river-floodplain ecosystems and its services under natural and river intervention efffects, and
assess the effects of floodplain management strategies on ecosystem services delivered by river-floodplain systems.

(Source: Bureau Beeldtaal Filmmakers. RiverCare video).

The approaches developed in this project will be useful in reducing the long-term management costs, creating more self-sustaining rivers with beneficial ecosystem services and designing smart interventions. On the right, a snapshot of a typical river floodplain in which floodplain rehabilitation was carried out via river interventions such as side channels.