Unit: km
Source of data: Statistics Poland / Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development / Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection / Ministry of Climate and Environment
Information about indicator
Name of the indicator
13.D.6 Length of commissioned flood embankments
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 13. Climate action
Priority
Increasing the region's resilience to the effects of climate change
Definition
Total length of flood embankments commissioned in the reporting year.
Unit
km
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Flood embankment (flood embankment) - an artificial pile-shaped deposit, most often with a trapezoidal cross-section. They are erected along the river at some distance from its bed, which, surrounding floodplains along the river, create a larger bed for the anticipated flood waters, while preventing these waters from spilling over into the neighbouring areas protected in this way.
The flood protection shaft must meet the requirements for hydrotechnical structures set out in the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 20 April 2007 on the technical conditions to be met by hydrotechnical structures and their location.
The construction of flood embankments is classified as an investment in water management.
Source of data
Statistics Poland / Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development / Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection / Ministry of Climate and Environment
