Názov/Title: Water retention in urban areas in the Danube Region: Study on facts, activities, measures and their financial assessment
Typ dokumentu/Document Type: Vedecká monografia / Scientific Monograph
Autor/Author: Jozefína Pokrývková, Ľuboš Jurík, Richard Hanzlík
ISBN: 978-80-552-2299-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/2021.9788055222998
Vydavateľ/Publisher: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
Rok, strany/PY, pages: 2020, 69 p.
Publikované online/Published on-line: 2020-12-31
Jazyk/Language: eng
Abstrakt/Abstract: Rainwater management (RWM) has become a global trend in the water management of cities and municipalities. The rate of urbanization first
revealed the imperfections of the conventional drainage system in economically developed countries. Therefore the last twenty years have sought procedures and rules to introduce a new relationship
to rainwater into the lives of these societies. Although these are cultural societies, the implementation of measures leading to RWM is lengthy and not always straightforward. There are basically
two reasons why the principles of RWM cannot be applied more effectively to the rules of these societies. Firstly, it is difficult to change the way of thinking because the transition to RWM systems
may not benefit the people of the cities and towns concerned immediately or in their lifetime at all. The conventional method of drainage still represents for many, albeit primarily and selfishly,
a higher comfort of a tried and tested life, in which they do not have to deal with rainwater (3). The qualitative shift in the transition to RWM is perceived more by residents with a higher social
feeling and a full-fledged intellectual background. The second reason is that the changes that need to be implemented are so far-reaching and fundamental that it is difficult enough to implement them
into society's rules (in a democratic way) that they are mutually coordinated in the various fields of activity and therefore effective. From abroad, there is a wealth of information and experience
with the complexity of the RWM implementation process. The knowledge and experience from these countries already help us to understand what awaits us to a large extent. The presented results are based
exclusively on the analysed studies, projects and adaptation activities of individual states of the Danube region.
Kľúčové slová/Keywords: Danube Region, urban areas, water retention, measures, financial costs, Project Iterreg - Danube Transitional Programme
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