Naslov
TREE REVETMENTS: ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STONE AND CONCRETE AT THE RIVER BANK

Autori
Skukan, Roberta ; Koletić, Nikola ; Derežanin, Lorena ; Malešević, Nikola ; Španić, Robert ; Dekanić, Stjepan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts of the 12th Croatian Biological Congress / Klobučar, Göran ; Kopjar, Nevenka ; Gligora Udovič, Marija ; Lukša, Žaklin ; Jelić, Dušan - Zagreb : Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2015, 160-161

Skup
12th CROATIAN BIOLOGICAL CONGRESS with International Participation

Mjesto i datum
Sveti Martin na Muri, Hrvatska, 18.09.2015. - 23.09.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Tree revetments; watercourse management; coastal erosion; ecological methods of river banks stabilization

Sažetak
Sustainable water management in accordance with the Water Framework Directive includes environmental, hydro-technical and control measures designed to maintain or reintroduce natural features of watercourses. One of the key processes in the riverine natural dynamics, that requires active management, is erosion of river banks. In this paper we aim to demonstrate the possibility of using wood revetments as an environmentally-friendly method to stabilize stream banks and control erosion. Hardwood trees grown in plantations are commonly used for the construction of tree revetments. By anchoring the trees along the river banks, natural deposition of sediment within the branches of the tree crowns is encouraged while slowing the flow of water in the same time, thereby reducing the overall effect of erosion. Moreover, precipitated river deposit among canopies provides a moist and fertile basis for the development of vegetation and shelter for wild animals. Finally, wood rots and planted native riparian vegetation remains to prevent further erosion. In contrast to conventional revetments that are built from stone and concrete, tree revetments control erosion and allow the maintenance or revitalization of riparian habitats. Tree revetments have clear advantage over the stone and concrete in pristine natural parts of the watercourses, for the revitalization of anthropologically altered watercourses and especially in the management of watercourses in protected areas.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Šumarstvo, Biotehnologija

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