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| site description: | Lodz is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, approximately 135 km south-west of Warsaw. It has a population of 753,192 people. It is the capital of Lodz Voivodeship. Although Lodz was given city rights in 1423, it developed rapidly only in XIX century. It became a centre of textile industry run by four nations: Polish, Jewish, German and Russian. During the economic transition of the 1990s Lodz lost its industry. Since that time it has been developing towards the centre of culture, education, and technology. The city was built on 18 rivers, many of them has been canalized and incorporated into stormwater system in industrial period of its history. It has also a number of parks originating from XIX century and the biggest city forest in Europe. The mixture of nature, unique secessional and original industrial architecture is a value of the city and a basis for its integrated revitalization. |
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| location - geographic co-ordinates: | latitude: 51° 47'' N longitude: 19° 28'' E |
| location - altitude: | 219 (above sea level) |
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| hypothesis / problem | Ecohydrology for integrated revitalization of the city |
| aims of studies | - protection and development of city blue-green network (green areas and river-scapes) and green ring around the city to secure delivery of ecosystem services to inhabitants, and to maintain cultural, environmental and historical integrity of the city - implementation of integrated water management in the city based on ecosystem approach - implementation ecohydrology, ecological engineering, biotechnology and phytotechnology for rehabilitation of rivers and their valleys |
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| the time span | data sets |
| 1981 - current | - hydrological data: discharges, water levels (time span depends on the river) |
| 2006 - current | - hydrochemistry of rivers, reservoirs and groundwater, including heavy metals, dioxins, phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, |
| since 1960's | - complete meteorological data |
| since XIX century | - GIS information for the city and its surroundings |
| 2008 | - land cover, in details for the demonstration area of the Sokolowka River Valley |
| since XIX century | - demographic data |
| since 1999 | - fauna and flora diversity for selected areas, habitat diversity |
| administrative level | time span | kind of data |
| city and province | since 1950s | - economic data: major sources of income, structure of industry and agriculture, trade, transport, basic household information |
| city and province | since 1950's | - social structure, employment, migrations, education, |
| how many people | facility description |
| 20 | laboratories, field monitoring and experimental sites |
| 80 | lecture hall |
| unlimited | accomodation can be provided either by the Conference Center of the University of Lodz, or by city hotels |
