Floodplains were through the history the lively part of landscapes, where different land management was synced with the repeating flooding. With the intensification of land use, the floodplains diminished, were drained, settled or even heavily polluting factories were built on them, supported by infrastructure to prevent overflooding.

The risk of flooding became hazard to loss of property and lives. Both are increasing under the climate change. According to the recent management and scientific evidence, bringing river to its natural path of flooding is the best possible solution to tackle multiple water, drought, biodiversity and land management related challenges of our time. Danube Floodplain project shows this is possible.

This online course looks at the cross-cutting water management tools developed for the Danube region, and applicable across its boundaries. Topics include the historical floodplain loss, flood risk, and on application case studies we discuss the win-win measures.