GrVis

Riverine zones serve as habitat for plants and animals, as space for recreation and identification for the people, they provide fresh water, and protect against floodwater or are economic production areas. These services of the riverine zones contribute to our human wellbeing. In Switzerland, a lot of rivers are shored. About 42 % of the river courses do not provide the services sufficiently. The revision of the river protection (GSchG, 1st of January 2011) obligates the Cantons to define new riverine zones. Thereby an informed trade-off decision-making of the economic, ecological and social services of the riverine zones should take place. For communicating and deliberating the services in practice effectively, indicators of the services should be prepared in form of a visualization platform.