A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based ‘natural’ flood management in the UK

Dadson, Simon J.; Hall, Jim W.; Murgatroyd, Anna; Acreman, Mike; Bates, Paul; Beven, Keith; Heathwaite, Louise; Holden, Joseph; Holman, Ian P.; Lane, Stuart N.; O'Connell, Enda; Penning-Rowsell, Edmund; Reynard, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5185-3869; Sear, David; Thorne, Colin; Wilby, Rob. 2017 A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based ‘natural’ flood management in the UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473 (2199), 20160706. 19, pp. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0706

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Abstract/Summary

Flooding is a very costly natural hazard in the UK and is expected to increase further under future climate change scenarios. Flood defences are commonly deployed to protect communities and property from flooding, but in recent years flood management policy has looked towards solutions that seek to mitigate flood risk at flood-prone sites through targeted interventions throughout the catchment, sometimes using techniques which involve working with natural processes. This paper describes a project to provide a succinct summary of the natural science evidence base concerning the effectiveness of catchment-based ‘natural’ flood management in the UK. The evidence summary is designed to be read by an informed but not technically specialist audience. Each evidence statement is placed into one of four categories describing the nature of the underlying information. The evidence summary forms the appendix to this paper and an annotated bibliography is provided in the electronic supplementary material.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0706
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Acreman Reynard
ISSN:	1364-5021
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	flood risk management, hydrology, natural flood management, science policy
NORA Subject Terms:	Hydrology General > Science Policy
Date made live:	06 Apr 2017 14:48 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516815

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