Long Term Analysis of a Trajectory to Investigate the Impact of a Metropolis on Its Waterbodies From the Ecological and Historical Point of View

Facts

Run time
10/2011  – 06/2012
DFG subject areas

Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management

Urbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning

Description

Investigation and comparisson of the impact of metropolian areas on rivers with low discharge. Compared were the cities of Milan, Berlin, Paris and Brussels during the time period 1860 to 2010. We focussed on ecological impact, administrative and political structures and population increase.