Reimagining Urban River Bathing in Europe: A Multisectoral and Interdisciplinary Dive Into Lyon's Rivers (France)

[en] Urban river bathing is re‐emerging across Europe, driven by social demand and climate change impacts. The Urban Bathing Consortium, an interdisciplinary and intersectoral consortium initiated at the University of Lyon (France), is at the forefront of studying the challenges and opportunities of creating and managing healthy, safe, and accessible river bathing spaces. Through interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers and stakeholders, the consortium proposed an analytical framework, identifying seven critical dimensions for urban river bathing: the history and revival of city‐river relationships, legal and regulatory frameworks, bathing water quality, river drowning risks, river ecosystems, social perspectives, and urban planning. By examining these dimensions with state‐of‐the‐art approaches and drawing on Lyon's experiences, the study provides scientific insights and practical recommendations for future sustainable urban river bathing development. These include revitalizing historical city‐river connections, aligning local regulations with EU guidance, advancing holistic microbial water quality control, enhancing safety measures, incorporating ecological considerations, balancing competing river uses in urban planning, and addressing social needs for inclusive river governance.

Research Center/Unit :

UEE - Urban and Environmental Engineering - ULiège

Disciplines :

Civil engineering

Author, co-author :

Cao, Yixin ; LabEx IMU (Laboratoire d'Excellence – Intelligences des Mondes Urbains) Université de Lyon Lyon France ; UMR 5600 Environnement Ville Société (EVS) – CNRS Lyon France

Barbiero, Patrice; Voies Navigables de France (VNF) Béthune France

Briat, François; Research Laboratory of ENSP (National Higher Police Academy) Lyon France

Camenen, Benoit ; RiverLy, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) Paris France

Chambat, Frédéric; UMR5276, ENS de Lyon Lyon France

Chiu, Victoria; UMR 5600 Environnement Ville Société (EVS) – CNRS Lyon France ; Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 Lyon France

Cournoyer, Benoit ; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR Ecologie Microbienne – Lyon, CNRS 5557, INRAE 1418, VetAgro Sup Lyon France

Delavenne, Magali; Research Laboratory of ENSP (National Higher Police Academy) Lyon France ; Région Auvergne‐Rhône‐Alpes (DCP) Lyon France

Dewals, Benjamin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydraulics in Environmental and Civil Engineering

Epain, Marie; Department of Legal Medicine Hôpital Edouard Herriot in Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Lyon France

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English

Title :

Reimagining Urban River Bathing in Europe: A Multisectoral and Interdisciplinary Dive Into Lyon's Rivers (France)

Publication date :

2026

Journal title :

River Research and Applications

ISSN :

1535-1459

eISSN :

1535-1467

Publisher :

Wiley

Volume :

Pages :

224-241

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Development Goals :

11. Sustainable cities and communities
6. Clean water and sanitation

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rra.70050

Funders :

ANR - Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Funding text :

This work was supported by the LabEx IMU (ANR-10-LABX-0088) of Université de Lyon, within the « Plan France 2030 » operated by the French National Research Agency (ANR). It was also supported by the EUR H2O'Lyon (ANR-17-EURE-0018) of Université de Lyon, within the program “Investissements d'Avenir” and by ARCO Project (ANR-23-CE39-0012).

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