RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau , Department of Urban Water Management
Example of the profile for the infiltration swale. The conventional BGI is described in the middle, the BGI+ or BGI-U system on the outside
In AMAREX, decentralized blue-green infrastructure (BGI) is being investigated as a solution to combat the negative effects of climate change such as heavy rainfall, heat and drought. However, the effectiveness of BGI in preventing heavy rainfall is limited because conventional systems are not designed to handle heavy rainfall events relevant to flooding. Conventional BGI is also inadequate for heat and drought prevention, as it does not have the necessary large and manageable storage volumes.
Due to these reasons, the systems are being adapted and optimized to become BGI+ systems for heavy rainfall prevention, and expanded into BGI-U systems for heat and drought prevention. The concrete implications of these adaptations and extensions are described in the catalogue of measures with profiles (catalogue-of-measures-with-profiles.pdf), detailing the technical definition of the systems. The catalog of measures shows a draft version of the profiles, which may be adapted until the final publication at the end of the project.