Pathway 1 – Business as usual

This pathway describes a number of measures related to wastewater infrastructure and hydrotechnical infrastructure as well as agro-environmental measures that may have impact on flood prevention and nutrient retention.

Pathway 2 – Focus on Urban Areas

This pathway focuses on means for flood prevention and nutrient retention enhancement urban areas and is divided into several groups of measures: urban planning : showing the importance of flood risks maps, local flood risk management schemes and proper housing development plans; tourism and recreational areas: showing the impact of these on nutrient flow and flood risk mitigation and functional diversity; flood protection infrastructure through construction of flood embankments; small urban retention infrastructure: focusing on investments related to construction of open and closed retention reservoirs; integrated improvement of storm runoff system (channels and pipes).

Pathway 3 – Focus on rural areas

Pathway 3 brings a strong focus on establishing methods for flood prevention and nutrient reduction in rural areas. It is divided into four measures: floodplains, wetlands, small and large retention infrastructure and distributed small wastewater treatment plants, where each category gives a specific economic and environmental scenario basing on the examples of existing investments.

Pathway 4 – Argo-environmental measures

Pathway 4 brings close attention to agricultural areas and focuses largely on measures that prevent nutrient leaching from this areas. It is divided into four types of measures: buffer zones, catch crops, greening and liming, where each gives a different economic cost and environmental impact on reducing nutrient losses from agricultural land.