This report is a detailed study of a Natural Flood Management approach to flood management in rapidly responding catchments.
The evidence gathered suggests that a network of soft engineered structures, installed on farms, can reduce flood hazard in small rural catchments.
Potential Use of Runoff Attenuation Features in Small Rural Catchments for Flood Mitigation
June 2013
by
Paul Quinn, Greg O’Donnell, Alex Nicholson, Mark Wilkinson, Gareth Owen, Jennine Jonczyk, Nick Barber.
School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
and
Matt Hardwick and Granville Davies
Royal Haskoning