Case study:Rio Tepice urban restoration

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Location: 45° 0' 36.17" N, 7° 49' 2.28" E

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits, Spatial planning, Urban
Country	Italy
Main contact forename	Guido
Main contact surname	Blanchard
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Contact organisation	Studio Blanchard-Gallo
Contact organisation web site	http://www.coqblanc.it/
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

The restored stretch of Rio Tepice in the urban area of Chieri

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This project concerned the restoration of a stretch of Rio Tepice in the urban area of Chieri (TO) through this kind of actions:

• restoration (cutting, new plantations with autochthonous species, bioengineering works)of the riparian vegetation and of the river banks;
• revegetation of an area of 1.08 hectare;
• creation of new footpaths adjacent to the watercourse

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Bioengineering works

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The tepice stream after restoration

Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Po River basin Po Piemontese Subcatchment River name Tepice Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) 15 km²1,500 ha <br /> Maximum altitude category 500 - 1000 m Maximum altitude (m) 660 m0.66 km <br />66,000 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous, Mixture Ecoregion Italy and Corsica Dominant land cover Urban, Woodland Waterbody ID Site Edit site Name Rio Tepice in Chieri WFD water body codes 0010941pi WFD (national) typology 06SS2T WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Single channel, High width:depth Reference morphology Pool-riffle Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Quick run-off Dominant substrate Cobble River corridor land use Urban Average bankfull channel width category Less than 2 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) 1.51.5 m³/s <br />1,500 l/s <br /> Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient 0.013 Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) 250 m0.25 km <br />25,000 cm <br /> Project started 1993/03/01 Works started 1996/05/01 Works completed 1997/12/01 Project completed 1997/12/01 Total cost category 100 - 500 k€ Total cost (k€) 123 k€123,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Piermonte region, Chieri municiplaity Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design 1 - 10 k€ 7 k€7,000 € <br /> Studio Blanchard-Gallo Guido Blanchard Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision 100 - 500 k€ Studio Blanchard-Gallo Guido Blanchard Post-project management and maintenance 10 - 50 k€ Chieri municiplaity Monitoring “Il tuo Parco” association Luca Bruno Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Hydromorphology Channel pattern/planform Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Landscape and enjoyment enhancement Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications embankement renaturalization Floodplain / River corridor Riparian tree planting Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Management of paths Social measures (incl. engagement) Public green area building Other Participation in monitoring Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Structure & condition of riparian zones Yes Yes Yes Improvement Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Ex ante status "Il Rio Tepice nel suo Viaggio verso il Po" Ass. Il tuo Parco Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://www.coqblanc.it/public/schedeA3 Chieri tepice.ppt Presentation of the project actions Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information