Caption

Bottrop-Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Renaturalised Boye, the tributary of the Emscher, was transformed into a near-natural watercourse, flood protection and biodiversity through newly designed floodplains. Following the construction of a parallel sewer, the Boye is now free of wastewater, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater sewer, combined sewer with surface water and wastewater

Date

Sep 25, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK26I91_015

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.8Mb (16.3Mb) / 15.6in x 12.2in / 4666 x 3655 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted new modification construction building factory factory premises industrial plant industry investment money capital market tree vegetation water creek river wetland body of water climate meadow biotope ecological conservation environment protection global warming season nature Ruhr district North Rhine-Westphalia German flora Europe green factory site climate protection open climate change natural riverbed river bank riverbank design rural waterway global industrial commercial area ecofriendly infrastructure european sewage renaturation industrial area burden capitalism River landscape civil engineering finance contamination invest Germany sewerage flood control industrial building seminatural landscape conservation renaturated overground Gladbeck Bottrop countryside contaminated Emscher course of a stream river course natural environment wetland landscape Central Europe climate crisis meadow landscape Industry landscape Sewer Wast water Biodiversity Factory building floodplain River system Canal construction Tributary Surface water Heating wastewater-free Emscher conversion River renaturalisation no one newly alteration Construction site structure plant plant site industrial facilities financial market waterfront brook wet land waters lawn nature protection environmental protection open air Ruhr area NRW plant life climate control opened original river bed shore designed canal worldwide industrial estate eco-friendly effluent industrial zone stress riverine landscape pollution German Federal Republic sewerage system flood protection semi-natural landscape preservation renaturalised above-ground in the country dirty stream course of a river natural surrounding Middle Europe grassland landscape Industrial landscape Wast water channel Dirty water species diversity flood plain Sewer construction warming No People conversion Factory plant wetland biotope field environmental conservation Ruhr Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia watershore riverside remodeled water canal world-wide environmentally friendly wastewater Industrial district river scenery polluting Republic of Germany flood prevention close to nature landscape protection polluted Wastewater nobody little River Ruhr region North-Rhine Westphalia channel Environmental friendly Riverscape FRG near-natural uninhabited small river Ruhrgebiet empty modifications constructions buildings factories industrial plants industries investments capital markets trees vegetations creeks rivers wetlands climates meadows biotopes seasons factory sites riverbeds river banks riverbanks waterways commercial areas infrastructures sewages industrial areas burdens River landscapes finances contaminations investing sewerages industrial buildings floodplains Tributaries plants brooks originally shores canals effluents industrial zones riverine landscapes watershores water canals Waste water river sceneries BRD water body Water area open water Grass field Europe's banks of industrial park industrial parks River view invests sewer flood water control course of course of the river water shore