A changing paradigm for the rivers and streams in Oslo One of the key water management issues dealt with in the city of Oslo is the set of negative consequences caused by culverted streams passing through the city. The de-culverting strategy for the City of Oslo, Water in the City, addresses all the streams and rivers that originate in the surrounding forests and eventually cross through the city down to the Oslo Fjord. Water in the City became part of a more comprehensive Strategy for Urban Storm Water Management, whose objectives include meeting the challenges posed by climate change, enhancing water quality and using stormwater as a resource in cityscapes. Within this strategy, the de-culverting programme works as an inter-agency programme coordinated by the Agency for Water and Sewerage Works, but with involvement of three other city agencies. Focus is placed on the major streams, but the strategy also covers the smaller tributaries (Oslo Kommune, 2015). The stream de-culverting initiative is also linked to two major strategic city policy programs, namely the City Ecological Program approved by the City Council in 2009, and the new Municipal Master Plan 2015 - Oslo 2030 “Smart - safe and green” adopted in 2015. |
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