Caption

Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, renaturalised Hellbach, renaturalised watercourse, the Hellbach is now free of wastewater after the construction of a parallel sewer, is part of the Emscher river system and thus part of the Emscher conversion, was previously an open, above-ground wastewater channel, mixed water channel with surface water and wastewater. The renaturalised Hellbach stream strengthens urban climate resilience, promotes biodiversity and helps to mitigate urban warming caused by climate change. Living by the water, Europe

Date

Jul 07, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

Reference

BRK25B78_309

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NA

Property release

No

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Rights managed

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121,3Mb (8,6Mb) / 26,6in x 17,7in / 7974 x 5319 (300dpi)

Keywords

parallel deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty heat heat warm modification modifications alteration conversion construction constructions Construction site house houses home homes living space living space living quarters urban municipal urban environment architecture architecture help assistance blossom blossoms bloom blooms flower flowers vegetation vegetations creek creeks brook brooks stream little River small river environment protection environment protection environmental protection environmental conservation nature open air weather weather Recklinghausen Ruhr district Ruhr area Ruhr Ruhrgebiet Ruhr region North Rhine-Westphalia NRW Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia German flora flora Europe Europe's lawn lawns Greenspace hot flowering blooming blooms in flower blossoming blossom flowering riverbed riverbeds river bed river bank river banks shore shores watershore water shore watershores banks of waterfront riverbank river bank riverbanks riverside residential building residential buildings residential house residential home residence residential houses residential homes residences Apartment building live living lives single family home single family homes one family house detached houses detached house one family houses single-family house single-family houses landscape landscapes scenery sceneries landscape photograph countryside landscape shot landscape photo global world-wide worldwide help helping helps ecofriendly eco-friendly environmentally friendly Environmental friendly infrastructure infrastructures planted construction industry construction industries european River landscape riverine landscape riverine landscapes River landscapes river scenery river sceneries Riverscape River view Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD heatwave heatwaves heat wave flood control flood control flood protection flood prevention flood water control species conservation species conservation species protection renaturated renaturalised overground above-ground travel photography outdoors outdoor out outside open sky Emscher course of a stream stream course of course of a river river course course of the river creek bed brook bed stream bed streambed Central Europe Middle Europe Biodiversity species diversity Watercourse Biodiversity Planting River system Surface water Emscher conversion