Flood Management
Basin management
Hard engineering
Overview of hard engineering techniques on The British Geographer Website
Soft engineering
Overview of soft engineering techniques on The British Geographer Website
Warning and forecasting
Case Studies / Further Reading
Flood Management at Carlisle in Cumbria (Oxford AQA Geography – p59-61 / Nelson Thorne – AQA Geography – p38-41)
Hard Engineering – River Yangtze – AQA Revision Book – Yangtze (Three Gorges Dam) – p18
Soft Engineering – Abingdon – AQA Revision Book – Abingdon (Three Gorges Dam) – p19
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Storm Hydrograph
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