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Working with nature, not against it

For centuries, hard infrastructure, including bank enforcements and dykes, navigation including canals, locks, dredging and bank reinforcement, water storage reservoirs and dams, and drainage through straightening rivers and pumping canals, has been used for flood defences. All these activities are typically associated with a range of hydro-morphological alterations and adverse ecological effects. In many countries, activities in relation to the WFD and flood risk planning have been an impetus for changing the way we manage flooding to enhance the environment and protect people from the damage.