Table of contents

• Draft key messages
• Executive summary
• 1 Introduction - 1.1 Scope of theme: Why care about floodplains?
• 1 Introduction - 1.2 The catchment-river-floodplain ecosystem and policies
• 2 Floodplains under pressure - 2.1 Floodplain characteristics and extent
• 2 Floodplains under pressure - 2.2 Current floodplain status in Europe
• 2 Floodplains under pressure 2.3 - Climate change and altered flood risk
• 2 Floodplains under pressure - 2.4 Hydromorphological pressures and alterations
• 2 Floodplains under pressure - 2.5 Pollution pressures
• 3 Improving ecosystem services and measures - 3.1 Ecosystem services
• 3 Improving ecosystem services and measures - 3.2 Measures
• 3 Improving ecosystem services and measures - 3.3 Examples of river and floodplain restoration
• 4 Managing from an ecosystem perspective
• 5 Conclusions and Outlook
• References
• Annex 1 European and Global Policy Context
• Annex 2 Definitions
• Annex 3 Ecosystem service overview
• Annex 4 Measures that improve services