Climate Change Adaptation Measures Toolbox
This page provides a comprehensive and easy to use toolbox of possible adaptation measures. Please select one or more of the group filters below to obtain detailed information on the measures of interest.
Please find more information in the ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change.
Adaptation of flood management
Combination of non-structural and structural measures of flood risk management
Increasing river basins protection by means of both passive safety measures and active river regulation
Correlation of the territorial development and improvement plans with the strategy and the risk management plans in the case of floods
Integration of flood risk management into land use planning
Adaptation of flood management concerning the water infrastructure
Regulation of the flow regime by increasing the flow capacity of the channels of water courses
Increasing the safety of water works
Change the operation of reservoirs and lakes
Creation of accumulation polders for capturing flood waves instead of permanent reservoirs
Adaptation of floodplain systems
Establishment of new floodplain areas
Increasing the size of existing floodplain areas
