ENVIRONMENT · INDUSTRY|building and public works
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- cosaint bruaigh abhann Reference Téarmeolaithe COM-GA
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- Uferbefestigung | Ufersicherung | Deckwerk | Uferverteidigung | Uferschutz
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- Definition Ingenieurbauwerke, welche den Schutz der Flussufer oder Dammboeschungen gegen Erosion durch die Stroemung zum Ziel haben ;Sicherung der Ufer durch Errichtung von Längs-oder Querbauten in massiver Ausführung oder durch Lebendverbau Reference ICID ;Torrent Control,FAO,Rome,1986
- bank protection | riverbank protection | streambank protection | protection of the bank
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- Definition artificial structure aiming at preventing lateral mobility, i.e. bank erosion and/or bank mass movement Reference "European Commission, Joint Research Centre, van de Bund, W., Bartkova, T., Belka, K., Bussettini, M., Calleja, B., Christiansen, T., Goltara, A., Magdaleno, G., Mühlmann, H., Ofenböck, G., Parasiewicz, P., Peruzzi, C., Schmitt, K., Schultze, A., Reckendorfer, W. and Bastino, V., 'Criteria for identifying free-flowing river stretches for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (11.4.2025)', Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024"
- Comment Different techniques and materials can be employed, such as bio-engineering techniques based on the use of vegetation and geotextile, or rigid structures such as sacks and blocks or gabions and mattresses. Types of bank protections include: bank walls, floodwalls, bank stabilisations, and groynes (within the bankfull channel).