Climate change adaptation of Elbe River flood embankments via suction-based design

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• climate change adaptation 93%
• embankment 83%
• suction 80%
• river 40%
• expropriation 33%
• transient flow 24%
• savings 20%
• water flow 17%
• carbon 17%
• saturation 14%
• cost 10%
• footprint 10%
• habitat 6%
• climate change 6%
• soil 4%
• material 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Embankments 100%
• Climate change 90%
• Rivers 81%
• Carbon 23%
• Water 11%
• Soils 8%
• Costs 7%

Agriculture & Biology

• climate change 69%
• rivers 65%
• water flow 37%
• carbon 32%
• cost effectiveness 17%
• Germany 14%
• habitats 9%
• soil 8%