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The presented examples and case studies illustrate specific applications of adaptive management of water resources in the region of Basel, Northwestern Switzerland. Such concepts together with the setup of tools and process-oriented experiments allow testing hypotheses. The applied methods facilitated us to fill several gaps of knowledge of subsurface processes. The examples focus on questions with practical as well as research. Most topics are relevant for urban areas and the sustainable use of subsurface resources in general.

The case studies we address, include (1) protection issues of groundwater production and river restoration in urban areas, with a focus on drinking water supply aspects; (2) engineering and hydrogeological questions that emerged during the development of urban infrastructure projects in the region of Basel; (3) management concepts as well as monitoring, modeling, and remediation strategies for contaminant sites in transboundary settings; (4) Karst in urban environments; (5) the use of shallow geothermal energy in urban environments; and (6) natural hazards in a regional context, including major flood events and flood protection measures as well as earthquakes and earthquake hazard reduction.

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    Peter Huggenberger, Jannis Epting, Annette Affolter, Rebecca M. Page, Stefan Scheidler, Eric Zechner & Ali Zidane

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts avenue 77, Cambridge, MA, 02139–4307, USA

    Christoph Butscher

  3. ETH Zürich, Schweiz. Erdbebendienst (SED), Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Donat Fäh

  4. Kellerhals + Haefeli AG, Kapellenstrasse 22, 3011, Bern, Switzerland

    Daniel Gechter

  5. RMS, Stampfenbachstrasse 85, 8021, Zürich, Switzerland

    Markus Konz

  6. GEOTEST AG, Promenade 15, 7270, Davos Platz, Switzerland

    Christian Regli

  7. Institute of Geological Sciences, FU Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, 12249, Berlin, Germany

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Huggenberger, P. et al. (2011). Examples and Case Studies. In: Huggenberger, P., Epting, J. (eds) Urban Geology. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0185-0_5

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