Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation: short-term improvement in modelling and research plan

This project brought together current knowledge and planned a programme of research to find out how changes in land use and management affects flood risk.

Documents

Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation - final report (106 KB) PDF

Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation - technical report (1 MB) PDF

Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation - technical summary (121 KB) PDF

Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation - research plan (689 KB) PDF

Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation: short-term improvement to the FEH rainfall-runoff model - technical background (1 MB) PDF

Review of impacts of rural land use and management on flood generation: short-term improvement to the FEH rainfall-runoff model - user manual (816 KB) PDF

Appendix A: review of UK data sources relating to the impacts of land use and management on flood generation (569 KB) PDF

Appendix B: data analysis and modelling at the catchment scale (783 KB) PDF

Appendix C: current state of managed rural land and mitigation measures (1 MB) PDF

Appendix D: socio-economic dimensions of flood generation from agricultural land (695 KB) PDF

Appendix E: ongoing monitoring, modelling and socio-economic studies (493 KB) PDF

Appendix F - G: river engineering and flood plain management - stakeholder feedback (419 KB) PDF

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Details

Any changes in how land is used and managed can affect how often and how badly local farms and rural communities flood, and contribute to flooding at larger scales.

Approach

This review pulls together current knowledge and prepares a plan of research over the next 10 years. This is to improve the scientific understanding of the effects of changes in how land is used and managed. It uses information about the effects of rural land use and soil management on flooding and proposes a research programme that includes land management in flood impact estimation.

Outcome

The outputs of this project are aimed at those who want to reduce flood risk through specific land management practices. It’s also to assess the impact of specific management practices on flood risk.

This project ran from 2003 to 2004 at a cost of £141,955.

Updates to this page

Published 16 February 2021