ABSTRACT
The increasing population density often leads to the development of areas previously omitted due to construction risks such as e.g., harbours. Typically, the redevelopment includes establishing both green, blue, and grey infrastructure components. However, city planners are faced with multiple challenges as the reconstruction of the harbour areas in conjunction with insufficient knowledge about the geological and hydrological setting introduces significant uncertainties in the groundwater level. They can potentially mobilize existing soil contamination previous considered less critical and immobile due to a location above the groundwater table. The study aims to use borehole data, geophysics, and GIS information to construct high-resolution hydrogeological models. The models serve as the basis for simulating the contamination transport in relation to the new harbour constructions. This paper presents the results of such modelling for the area of Horsens harbour as an example for inspiration.
