Estuarine flooding and managed retreat
Estuarine flooding and managed retreat
The concentration of industrial, residential and agricultural activity on the lowlands surrounding our estuaries has led to an increasing problem of flood risk in these areas. However, flood hazards have been, in large part, the result of past human interference in the estuary system and as such may be reduced by more enlightened management. This paper examines the problems of flood risk and discusses some of the research that has been conducted into its alleviation. In particular, it concentrates attention on the programme of ‘managed retreat’ in the UK, which attempts to restore previously reclaimed areas in order to reduce flooding and other hazards of the estuarine system.
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Townend, Ian
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Pethick, John
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15 July 2002
Townend, Ian
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Pethick, John
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Townend, Ian and Pethick, John
(2002)
Estuarine flooding and managed retreat.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 360 (17966), .
(doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1011).
Abstract
The concentration of industrial, residential and agricultural activity on the lowlands surrounding our estuaries has led to an increasing problem of flood risk in these areas. However, flood hazards have been, in large part, the result of past human interference in the estuary system and as such may be reduced by more enlightened management. This paper examines the problems of flood risk and discusses some of the research that has been conducted into its alleviation. In particular, it concentrates attention on the programme of ‘managed retreat’ in the UK, which attempts to restore previously reclaimed areas in order to reduce flooding and other hazards of the estuarine system.
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Published date: 15 July 2002
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Civil Engineering & the Environment
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/74065
ISSN: 1364-503X
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