Water resources management ? A possibility for drought mitigation in wetlands?

Abstract

The water balance of many wetlands in the North-East German Lowland is dominated by water resources management systems with drainage and sub-irrigation. These systems are integrated in the water resources management system of their whole river basin. Scenario investigations show the possibilities and constraints of different water resources management options within the wetland and in the basin. For the Spreewald wetland strategies for the mitigation of negative impacts of climate change are presented as an example.