River Management - Soft Engineering
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- Created on: 25-11-15 14:44
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- River Management - Soft Engineering
- Afforestation
- Trees planted near to river.
- Greater interception of rainwater and lower river discharge.
- Relatively low cost option.
- Enhances environmental quality of the drainage basin.
- Managed / Ecological Flooding
- The river is allowed to flood naturally in places, to prevent flooding in other areas (eg. settlements)
- Planning
- Local authorities and national government introduce policies to control urban development close to or on the floodplain.
- Reduces chance of flooding and risk of damage to property.
- May be resistance to development restrictions in areas with shortage of housing.
- Enforcing planning regulations and controls may be harder in LEDCs.
- Afforestation
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