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Category Archives: Geomorphology
The Inaugural England River Prize
Trevor Bond introduces the Inaugural England River Prize! Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, River Management, River restoration
Tagged award, channel, ecology, prize, river restoration, rivers, RRC, streams
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Room for the River – Dutch flood control
As I detailed in my previous post about the current flooding in the UK, the main focus at the present time should be on protecting lives and property. It is certainly not the time for blame and is too early … Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Politics, River Management
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How wood in rivers affects flood risk
UPDATE: This work was accepted for publication in the journal “Earth Surfaces Process & Landforms” on 12/02/2016. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3919/abstract One of the key objectives of my PhD research at University of Southampton was to try and assess how changing volumes of … Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, Geomorphology, Hydrology, River Management, River restoration
Tagged flood control, flood defence, rivers
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What is River Restoration?
This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time; What is River Restoration? I’ve started, abandoned, rewritten and gone off on tangents with it a dozen times as although it seems a simple question it touches … Continue reading
A geomorphological assessment of Constable’s landscapes
John Constable is recognised as one of the great English Romantic landscape painters and many of his paintings are of rivers. In a slightly tongue-in-cheek post I want to explore the geomorphology of some of his chosen subjects to demonstrate … Continue reading
Posted in Anglian, Chalk streams, Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, River Management, River restoration
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Boscastle 2004 revisited
Trev recently visited Boscastle to see how one of England’s best known coastal villages was getting on following a catastrophic flood event in 2004. Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, Geomorphology, Hydrology
Tagged August 2004, Boscastle, Cornwall, flashy, flood, peak, responsive, river, Valency
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A review of River Management MSc courses
This article was amended on 04th April to include courses at Leeds and Kings, as well as bursary information where this is readily provided by universities. If you want to forge a career as a professional in the water management … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, River Management, Uncategorized
Tagged fluvial geomorphology, management, MSc, river basin management, University
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The geomorphic effects of river dredging
Just what happens to a river when you dredge it? What’s the geomorphic response and is it what we want? Trev investigates Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, Geomorphology
Tagged desilting, dredging, flooding, maintenance, management, sediment, sustainability
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Monday morning – a poem about cows pooing in rivers
Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
So it’s good to have a healthy laugh at yourself once in a while, right? Nice to be able to just let go and be creative. A PhD can be pretty…
Posted in Chalk streams, Geomorphology, Water quality
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Lost urban rivers beneath our feet
In our first guest blog, Adam Broadhead introduces the concept of lost urban rivers and explains to us why they are so important Continue reading