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Extreme floods as severe and unusual events are associated to wide range negative consequences such as: extreme floodplain flooding; crop, household, infrastructure and economy damages; social disturbance, etc. Their negative effects in most cases tend to disaster behavior, thus of especial interest is the problem with possible mitigation and prevention measures obtaining. Parts of them are Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) that successfully can complement available grey infrastructure. In help of experts in...

Riparian ecosystems play significant role both in the natural and man related activities. They are important part of the hydrological cycle and ecosystem services. They actively support many processes connected to the environment wellbeing, floods retention and mitigation, erosion reducing, river restoration. But under the climate and climate change specifics and anthropogenic works they are under continuous pressure, surely affecting their natural development. To safe and mitigate presented impacts various measur...