Editing Cologne (section)

===Flood protection===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10776, Köln, Hochwasser.jpg|right|thumb|The 1930 flood in Cologne]]
Cologne is regularly affected by flooding from the Rhine and is considered the most flood-prone European city.<ref name="Reinhard Vogt">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/Mitch/Workshop2/Papers/Gocth_Vogt.pdf|title=Flood Forecasting and Flood Defence in Cologne|author1=Martin Gocht|author2=Reinhard Vogt|publisher=Mitigation of Climate Induced Natural Hazards (MITCH)|access-date=20 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324213456/http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/Mitch/Workshop2/Papers/Gocth_Vogt.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2009}}</ref> A city agency (''Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steb-koeln.de/management0.html|title=Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln : Flood Management|publisher=Steb-koeln.de|access-date=7 July 2009|archive-date=17 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217220207/http://www.steb-koeln.de/management0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "Cologne Urban Drainage Operations") manages an extensive flood control system which includes both permanent and mobile [[flood wall]]s, protection from rising waters for buildings close to the river banks, monitoring and forecasting systems, pumping stations and programmes to create or protect [[floodplain]]s, and river embankments.<ref name="Reinhard Vogt"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hochwasserschutz.de/en/pdf/IBS_Koeln_Rhein.pdf|title=Flood Defence Scheme City of Cologne|access-date=20 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324213456/http://www.hochwasserschutz.de/en/pdf/IBS_Koeln_Rhein.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2009}}</ref> The system was redesigned after a 1993 flood, which resulted in heavy damage.<ref name="Reinhard Vogt"/>