Case study:London Olympics Parklands

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Location: 51° 32' 49.21" N, 0° 1' 2.57" W

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Status	Complete
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Themes	Spatial planning
Country	England
Main contact forename	Mike
Main contact surname	Vaughan
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Contact organisation	Atkins, Olympic Development Authority
Contact organisation web site	http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/knowledge/olympics.php
Partner organisations	Atkins, Olympic Development Authority, Environment Agency, Natural England
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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The Olympic Park will bring lasting benefits to east London. After the Games, it will be transformed to include a huge urban park. The new park will link the tidal Thames Estuary to the south and the Hertfordshire countryside to the north.

Some of the major benefits to the environment include:

• 8kms of river restored
• 4,000 homes protected from flood
• 2 million tonnes soil decontaminated
• The largest urban park created in Europe for over 100 years

Native species planted, including oak, ash, willow, birch, hazel, holly, blackthorn and hawthorn – a home for wildlife in the middle of the city.

• 30,000 tonnes of silt removed from waterways.
• 280 hectares of brownfield land cleaned.

• 750 bat roost and bird boxes put on site.

• 45 hectares of wildlife habitat created.

• 20 million gallons of contaminated groundwater treated.

• 4000 homes in West Ham and Canning Town have reduced flood risk.

• 99.5 per cent of construction waste re-used, recycled or recovered.

• 98 per cent of material from demolition work re-used, recycled or recovered.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Thames River basin London Subcatchment River name River Lee Navigation, tidal section Area category Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Ecoregion Dominant land cover Waterbody ID GB70610068 Site Edit site Name Olympic Parkland WFD water body codes GB70610068 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Lee Navigation, tidal section Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present Yes Species of interest Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Urban Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2005/01/01 Works started 2005/01/01 Works completed 2012/01/01 Project completed 2012/01/01 Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Olympic Delivery Authority, Defra, Natural England Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Flood risk management, Invasive species, Urbanisation Hydromorphology Width & depth variation Biology Invertebrates, Macrophytes, Fish: Abundance Physico-chemical Specific synthetic pollutants, Specific non-synthetic pollutants, Nutrient concentrations Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Marginal planting, Habitat diversification Floodplain / River corridor Reedbed creation, Creation of wetland, Creation of wet woodland Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Awareness raising Other Community engagement Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative 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 Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Olympic Parklands Green Infrastructure ODA document Talk by Mike Vaughan of Atkins on the river works Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://youtu.be/meIul-IenYk Green Games - Olympics http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/knowledge/olympics.php ODA website Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information