Learning from community led flood risk management (CREW report)
What can be learnt from working with a community to identify what flood risk management measures are needed, are acceptable and which deliver the greatest multiple benefits?
Stakeholder engagement
Stakeholders are vital to the success of all NFM projects. These can include a group, an organisation, a community or an individual. This topic brings together any material related to stakeholders such as stakeholder engagement principles and techniques, project management structures and information from intermediaries. It can also include a mix of experiences and lessons learnt from the view point of a stakeholder.
Effect of soil structure and field drainage on water quality and flood risks (CREW report)
Effect of soil structure and field drainage on water quality and flood risks (report by CREW)
Land management for increased flood resilience (CREW report)
The 'Land management for increased flood resilience' report was published by CREW and authored by Spray et al., (2015). The main objectives of the project were to undertake:
New book on Multifunctional Wetlands released by United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health
A new book on multifunctional wetlands has been produced by UNU-INWEH. The book aims to put wetlands at the heart of the Nature Based Solutions approach. The book is designed to aid planners and ecosystem managers on the value of creating and restoring wetlands in catchments. The full title of the book is "Multi-functional Wetlands; Pollution Abatement and Other Ecological Services from Natural and Constructed Wetlands"
Foundation for common land release position statement on Natural Flood Management
The foundation for common land has released a position statement on the use of Natural Flood Management. The statement looks at the potential benefits and limations of NFM focusing on six topic areas. These are
- the range of interventions available under NFM,
- Why stakeholder participation is essential not optional,
- The multiple benefits of NFM,
- The role of trees and grassland management,
- Common land in relation to NFM and
- the limitations of NFM.
More information can be found in the link below.
SEPA Natural Flood Management Handbook
In 2016, SEPA published this handbook to help local authorities and landowners implement NFM
Nigg Bay Coastal Re-alignment
The coastal re-alignment at Nigg Bay was completed in 2003. It was the first project of this type to be completed in Scotland. The RSPB has been involved with the management of the site since the 1990’s and in 1997 they approached landowners hoping to purchase areas of intertidal flat. The Meddat field site, which became the coastal realignment site, was suggested as the seawall was becoming badly eroded and un-economic to repair.
What can be learnt from working with a community to identify what flood risk management measures are needed, are acceptable and which deliver the greatest multiple benefits?
Effect of soil structure and field drainage on water quality and flood risks (report by CREW)
The 'Land management for increased flood resilience' report was published by CREW and authored by Spray et al., (2015). The main objectives of the project were to undertake: A large scale survey of farmers’ attitudes to NFM and to the use of potential policy instruments to promote its uptake and delivery; andFarm-scale economic analyses of the impact of NFM measures under different scenarios.See - https://www.crew.ac.uk/publication/land-management-increased-flood-resilience
In 2016, SEPA published this handbook to help local authorities and landowners implement NFM