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The climate change impact is constantly more visible in Prague, be it in the increase of extreme hydrometeorological events, heat island effect, increased number of floods or change of soil moisture. Prague’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2016) prioritizes sensitive development of natural landscape through the establishment and management of periurban parks. It’s a nature-based solution supporting natural protection incorporating adaptation measures such as – flood protection and control, floodplain redevelopment, management of surface water discharge or reduction of solar radiation.
The planned Periurban Park Confluence is one of these solutions, first of its kind in Prague and the Czech Republic. This 1,300 ha floodplain of the riparian corridor around the confluence of the Berounka and Vltava rivers in Prague suffers from administrative and property fragmentation. There is a high risk that ongoing insensitive and uncoordinated interventions will lead to irreversible damage to the landscape and the environment.
As part of the efforts to establish and institutionalize the Park, it’s necessary to conceptualize it – agree on its vision, strategic framework and concrete measures. The project output is the development of zoning study and conceptual documents to support the redevelopment of the floodplains, development and management of the park, covered by a backbone document - Masterplan. Considering there is limited experience with periurban parks in the Czechia, the project partnership with university in Oslo (AHO) and federation EUROPARC will enable transfer of know-how and best practice. The citizens of Prague and the metropolitan area are the main beneficiaries of this project, benefiting from the increased resistance of Prague to climate change impact.