Links and Resources
Here you will find useful links to external information
Practical Guides to Interventions
Useful documents that could help inform when planning interventions
WWF Flood Planner manual
A manual for the natural management of floods created by Word Wide Fund for Nature in Scotland
Farming Floodplains for the Future
A useful guide illustrating findings from managing floodplains
Ecosystem services and Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
A joint study with the Environment Agency and NERC- This document sets out to investigate the potential for integrating ecosystem services and the Ecosystem Approach into Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) activities at the Environment Agency
Run-Off Attenuation Features in small rural catchments
Environment Agency have been working with Newcastle University to develop a number of small scale, low cost soft engineered flood reduction schemes
Working with Natural Processes to Manage Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk
This document created by the Environment Agency illustrates how flood and coastal erosion risk management can work more with natural processes
Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems
Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are not a new concept, but they are not widespread in the rural environment and could present many opportunities for improving our management of water at source. Document created by the Environment Agency.
Run-Off Attenuation Features Handbook
By diverting some of the river flow out and into a small storage pond, a proportion of the flood water is attenuated. These are called Run-off attenuation features. Document created by: Newcastle University
Case Studies
Useful case studies from different areas in the UK
Netherton Burn Run-off management Works
A manual for the natural management of floods created by Word Wide Fund for Nature in Scotland
Ripon Land Management Project
This short project aims to augment the current state of knowledge by using sensitivity testing as a means of indicating the potential impact that changes in runoff characteristics from farms and sub-catchment areas may have on the generation of floods at the catchment scale. Quite an old document, but very interesting.
The Pontbren Project
One of the early flagship catchment scale woodland creation projects. The scientific data from Pontbren is now being used to study the effects of land use on bigger catchments prone to flooding.
Belford: A case study of catchment scale natural flood management
The Belford pilot pond study is the first part of a series of Farm Integrated Runoff Management (FIRM) plans (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iq/Proactive/FIRM.html) to be implemented across the Belford catchment (funded by the Environment Agency)
Holnicote- From source to sea
In 2009, in response to one of the recommendations of the Pitt Review of the Summer 2007 Floods, Defra commissioned three new Multi-Objective Flood Management Demonstration Projects, including the Holnicote Project on the National Trust Holnicote Estate in West Somerset.
Slowing the Flow- Pickering
Slowing the Flow at Pickering is exploring a new approach to flood management. It is about working with nature to try and store more water in the landscape and slow its passage downstream.
General Information
General useful information on NFM
Catching the Flood
An interesting article created by Chartered Forester
Channel management
Unsure about channel management? This grib sheet should help you understand channels, flows and stream power.
Planning Advice for Integrated Water Management
Most planners do not think about water issues in a joined-up way, and until now there has been no single source of information on how the water sector works.
Losing Ground- Managing water runoff
Water runoff and erosion during heavy rain is a loss to the farm and a cost to society. Around 2.2 million tonnes of topsoil are eroded annually in the UK, reducing the long term fertility of the soil by removing nutrient rich top soil and organic matter.
Economics of Climate Resilience Natural Environment Theme: Natural Flood Management
In response to the projected increase in flood risk and the request for more evidence by policy officials, this report addresses the question set by Defra: “What is the case for further intervention to encourage the use of soft engineering/habitat management for flood risk management?”
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