resilientRAIN - Nature based Solutions for adaptive water management

Current technical solutions aim to quickly drain away rainwater. These include, in addition to The existing sewer system also includes concrete retention basins which initially retain and throttle the rainwater and provide a receiving water. This always leads to pluvial due to the changes in precipitation intensity Floods. Due to the design of technical solutions, these are usually cannot be adapted to the new conditions caused by climate change. This can be ensured using decentralized nature-based system solutions. These systems can be accessed directly Building level (e.g. as a green roof) retains, stores, evaporates and releases rainwater in a throttled manner as well as in the Street space perform the functions mentioned and therefore have a clear functional advantage over technical ones Solutions. It is important to note here that Nature-based system solutions can not only take on the function of rainwater management, but also a multifunctional added value such as increasing biodiversity, carbon storage, local cooling effects and An increase in quality of life can be guaranteed if the necessary framework conditions for implementation exist Be customized. So that the implementation of the remanent construction methods researched in the resilientRAIN project can be scalable in the future can be implemented in practice, the project results and findings will be published and used as a basis for one Adaptation of the relevant regulations in Austria.