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The Bow River Bioengineering Demonstration and Education Project (BDEP) is an award-winning riverbank bioengineering project in Calgary, Alberta. It was developed as a response to the 2013 flood mitigation efforts as an education tool to improve the success and implementation of bioengineering projects in the challenging, semi-arid climate in southern Alberta. BDEP includes three key elements: (1) design and construction of a bioengineering demonstration site, (2) a 10-year monitoring program to assess the effectiveness of the constructed bioengineering measures, and (3) an education program to educate professionals and the public about the advantages of using bioengineering techniques.
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Gallant, M., Posada, N., Slaney, J., Raymond, P. (2022). Advancing the Practice of Soil Bioengineering in Alberta—The Bow River Bioengineering Demonstration and Education Project. In: Walbridge, S., et al. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 . CSCE 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 250. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1065-4_15
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