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Jakub Karaśkiewicz1, Roman Wójcik1
1Department of Forest Management, Dendrometry and Economics of Forestry, Institute of Forestry Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska St. 159, Building 34, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
The Science of the Total Environment
|November 30, 2023
Summary
Climate change degrades water habitats. Building devices to slow runoff improves ecosystem water use and restores degraded areas. This research optimizes device placement and height for effective habitat restoration.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Hydrology
- Ecology
Background:
- Climate change is rapidly degrading hydrogenic habitats.
- Increased efficiency of water usage by ecosystems is crucial for mitigation.
- Degraded natural habitats require renaturalization and maintenance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify optimal solutions for the height and placement of devices that delay surface water runoff.
- To establish necessary water table levels for restoring degrading natural habitats.
- To support small local retention for increased water resources and reduced flood risk.
Main Methods:
- Utilized LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data to create a digital terrain model (DTM).
- Identified and analyzed water outflow points (melioration canals) for optimal device localization.
- Modeled the height of runoff-delaying devices for specific hydrogenic habitats based on site data.
Main Results:
- Optimized device levels and water coverage areas were determined for each research site.
- The study confirmed the feasibility of using laser technology for optimizing device placement and height.
- Implemented solutions showed compliance between simulated water table rise and field measurements.
Conclusions:
- Laser technology can effectively optimize the restoration of degraded hydrogenic habitats.
- The presented method supports small local retention, enhancing water resources and mitigating floods.
- The proposed modeling approach for device placement and height is universal and applicable to various situations.
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