Category Archives: Geomorphology

The Inaugural England River Prize

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Trevor Bond

Trevor Bond introduces the Inaugural England River Prize! Continue reading →

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Room for the River – Dutch flood control

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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How wood in rivers affects flood risk

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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What is River Restoration?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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A geomorphological assessment of Constable’s landscapes

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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Boscastle 2004 revisited

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Trevor Bond

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 →

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A review of River Management MSc courses

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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The geomorphic effects of river dredging

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Trevor Bond

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 →

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Monday morning – a poem about cows pooing in rivers

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Trevor Bond

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…

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Lost urban rivers beneath our feet

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Adam Broadhead

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 →

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