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Tag Archives: flooding
Looking into Selly Park Flooding
In June this year intense rainfall led to localised flooding in South Birmingham in and around University of Birmingham. One area which was particularly badly hit was Pershore Rd near the Birmingham Nature Centre. This area is near to the … Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, Geomorphology, Hydrology, River Management, Urban rivers
Tagged flood risk, flooding, fluvial geomorphology, geomorphology, hydrology, river management, rivers
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What about beavers?
My first research projects were on logjams, looking at their abundance, distribution, form and function. These logjams were naturally occurring as a result of wood being “recruited” to the channel via wind throw or overbank transport. However ever since I … Continue reading
The dynamics of large wood in forest rivers – new research paper
I have a bit of cutting edge science for you today in the shape of a summary of a recently accepted paper of mine from the journal Water Resources Research. This paper covers a small side project from my PhD … Continue reading
Scramble for blame serves no-one
The flooding blighting much of the UK has dominated the news now for two weeks and shows little sign of abating for the next 7-10 days. Initially when the flooding was fairly isolated to the Somerset levels the reporting in … Continue reading
Uttarkhand floods in India
In response to the devastating floods in the Uttarakhand province of India there has been an almost inevitable shift from the initial shock and horror towards attempts to apportion blame for the events. In many ways this is something that … Continue reading
Posted in Flooding, Hydrology, Meteorology, Politics
Tagged flooding, geomorphology, hydrology
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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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Rivers flood
Trev Bond explains that rivers flood, and that this is entirely normal Continue reading
The geomorphic impact of sluice or weir removal
What happens to a river when you remove a weir or a sluice? Continue reading
Posted in Geomorphology, Hydrology, River restoration, Water Framework Directive
Tagged bank collapse, bank erosion, connectivity, continuity, deposition, environment, flooding, incision, management, obstructions, river, river restoration, science, sediment, sediment availability, sediment deposition, sediment transport, sluice, Water Framework Directive, weir, WFD
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Logjams during floods
A lot of my research work at University of Southampton is related to the effects logjams in rivers have on flood behaviour. The recent heavy rain and flooding in the South provided me with an opportunity to get out into … Continue reading
2012 – A year of extremes
It’s been a unique weather year – from droughts to flooding. Why is this and what challenges does it present for river managers? Continue reading
Posted in Geomorphology, Hydrology, Meteorology
Tagged 2012, abstraction, aquifer, climate, drought, ecological objectives, environment, extreme weather events, flood awareness, flood risk, flooding, floodplain, global climate change, groundwater, habitats directive, legislation, nature, regulator, river functioning, river management, science, sediment, Water Framework Directive, water quality, water resources, water table
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