Technical problems of repair and renovation of flood-protection development in urbanized areas. Part II

key words: flood protection, modernization, infrastructure, stream in town

Summary:

The content of this paper is the continuation of the paper presented in the previous volume. The necessity of flood protection of urban areas was argued and the attention was paid to environmental and small architecture aspects. A typical solution that was discussed concerns the re-development and renovation of a stream of Wątok flowing through the old part of the Tarnów town with monumental sacral buildings. First regulation works were undertaken in the mid-war period. Time passing, water aggressiveness intensified with municipal wastes, and the lack of proper maintenance caused considerable damage to the existing structures. The extent of the damage threatened building catastrophe with all resulting consequences.
Utilizing own resources and the acquired PHARE funds, the Tarnów authorities decided to undertake full-scale works on the stream reach under discussion. High requirements were posed concerning the environmental and aesthetics conditions with the simultaneous meeting the safety conditions of the neighboring terrain and the development itself. Because of varying character and technical state of the existing development, as well as different land conditions and the character of the development, the reach was divides into fours segments.
In the part I of the paper sketches and photographs were presented documenting the existing conditions of the segments. In the presented part of the paper the accepted design solution are described, partly realized, partly under realization in 2005. The aim of the paper is to show the problems connected with contractor technology and bringing attention to the possibilities of adjusting design solutions to the requirements of the environment and landscape architecture. The obtained effects met the requirements of building and water law and were accepted by the local community. The merits discussed in the paper are supported with illustrative drawings and photographs.

Citation:

Ratomski J. 2005, vol. 2. Technical problems of repair and renovation of flood-protection development in urbanized areas. Part II. Infrastruktura i Ekologia Terenów Wiejskich. Nr 2005, vol. 2/ 3