European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-646
  • fiwar:
    LIFE12 ENV/AT/000128
  • Project_Acronym:
    LIFE-URBANLAKE
  • Project_Name:
    Integrated Lake Management of the Urban Lake "Alte Donau"
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Environment
  • Focus Area:
    Natural resources and ecosystems,Sports and Recreation activities
  • Begin Date:
    2013-07-01
  • End Date:
    2018-03-30
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 003 275 800.00
  • Description:
    The LIFE-URBANLAKE project intended to define strategies to reduce the vulnerability of the “Alte Donau” to the effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressures. The strategies would focus on maintaining the lake’s current good environmental status and bathing water quality. Integrated lake management and risk management systems would be deployed as part of the strategies and these would comprise innovative methods for holistic governance of the water resource, as well as its ecologic and socio-economic environment. Support to facilitate the putting in place of highly competent staff, and rapid, cost-effective counter-measures for tackling potential disruptions were envisaged. A key goal of the project was also to improve stakeholder support for and participation in the lake’s management. Specific objectives included: 1. Implementation and demonstration of integrated lake management in an intensively used urban environment, in the context of the city’s governance practices. 2. Reduction of the vulnerability of the “Alte Donau” to climate change impacts and other anthropogenic pressures. 3. Maintaining and ensuring good ecological status (in relation to the Water Framework Directive) and good quality bathing water (Bathing Water Directive) through the implementation of innovative technologies and methods, adapted to the special conditions of the “Alte Donau”s urban environment. 4. Achieving and maintaining a stable aquatic environment in an intensively-used urban environment through sustainable management procedures. 5. Maintaining and improving the socio-economical benefits for the city population and other stakeholders.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE12-ENV-AT-000128/integrated-lake-management-of-the-urban-lake-alte-donau
  • Inland water types:
    Lake', 'Urban water'