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The concentration of industrial, residential and agricultural activity on the lowlands surrounding our estuaries has led to an increasing problem of flood risk in these areas. However, flood hazards have been, in large part, the result of past human interference in the estuary system and as such may be reduced by more enlightened management. This paper examines the problems of flood risk and discusses some of the research that has been conducted into its alleviation. In particular, it concentrates attention on the programme of 'managed retreat' in the UK, which attempts to restore previously reclaimed areas in order to reduce flooding and other hazards of the estuarine system.
Author(s): Townend I, Pethick J
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Royal Society Meeting on Flood Risk in a Changing Climate
Year of Conference: 2002
Pages: 1477-1495
ISSN: 1364-503X
Publisher: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2002.1011
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1011
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ISBN: 14712962
