Historical River Training Works on the Lower Elbe

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F21%3A00353882" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/21:00353882 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1203/2/022015" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1203/2/022015</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1203/2/022015" target="_blank" >10.1088/1757-899X/1203/2/022015</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Historical River Training Works on the Lower Elbe

Original language description

The paper deals with river training works built on the reach of the Elbe River between the city of Ústí nad Labem (CZ) and the Czech/German border. Downstream of the Ústí nad Labem, the Elbe in the Czech Republic and in Germany has only been made navigable through river training measures without building weirs. The goal of river training for watercourse navigability is to attain the required waterway parameters through fairway adjustments. This is primarily achieved through channel dredging and the construction of training dams to concentrate the water flow into a narrower but deeper main channel. The paper describes the historical development of river training works during the period from the Middle Ages to the present day. Initially, such works were not meant as part of a unified conceptually designed system of measures. Instead, they were local initiatives aimed to remove natural obstacles from the river bed and to build facilities and structures to aid navigation. Systematic regulation works along the Czech and German sections of the Elbe only started in the early 19th century. The research was focused on studying the original project documents and documentation of the actual design of the training dams since 1894. This historical design documentation was digitised and projected into the maps in the Czech JTSK local coordinate system through the use of advanced geographic information system (GIS) methods. The maps are a result of original research and offer a synthesis of interactions between the existing technical structures, the sediment regime of the Elbe and sites that are subject to environmental protection. The research was conducted as part of project no. DG18P02OVV004 entitled “Documentation and presentation of technical cultural heritage along the Elbe-Vltava Waterway” within a support programme for applied research and experimental development of national and cultural identity, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20104 - Transport engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/DG18P02OVV004" target="_blank" >DG18P02OVV004: Documentation and presentation of technical cultural heritage on the Elbe-Vltava waterway</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

ISBN

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ISSN

1757-899X

e-ISSN

1757-899X

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1-11

Publisher name

IOP Publishing Ltd

Place of publication

Bristol

Event location

Praha online

Event date

Jun 14, 2021

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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