In the second article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) project in Manor Fields Park,…
In several recent FloodList articles relating to the Los Angeles River in the USA, and revitalising natural landscapes to reduce flood risk, how changes to our rivers and Floodplains have exacerbated…
“There isn’t one solution to flooding. We need a range of solutions,” says Councillor John Osman, chair of the Somerset Rivers Authority in the UK. The Somerset Rivers Authority has…
If ever a city was built to be resilient to heavy rains, it is Los Angeles. And yet, El Niño is about to test just how resilient the city is…
Centuries of alteration to how our river catchments (or drainage basins) function has undoubtedly exacerbated the risk of downstream flooding in every river area in Britain, report Neil Entwistle, University…
As heavy rain continues to contribute to the devastating flooding in Cumbria, there have once again been calls – notably from the environmentalist George Monbiot – for the reforestation of…
