Tag Archives: rivers

Looking into Selly Park Flooding

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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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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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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The EU RESTORE Rivers Wiki

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Trevor Bond

Trev takes some time to introduce and explain the European RESTORE Rivers Wiki; a valuable tool for river managers Continue reading →

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Logjams during floods

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Simon Dixon

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 →

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Threats to English chalk streams – Part 2

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Trevor Bond

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
Four more threats to English chalk streams, following on from the previous blog post in this series: catchment-scale land-use change; allochthonous nutrient inputs; urbanisation; and neglect. Catchment-scale land-use change As well as…

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Threats to English chalk streams – Part 1

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Trevor Bond

Originally posted on The Geography and Environment postgraduate blog:
So far in this blog series we’ve looked at what English chalk streams are, where they come from, and why they’re important. In this fourth installment (the first of a two-parter),…

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