Geography- managing floods at banbury

 Managing floods - Case study Banbury

where is banbury?

about 50km north of oxford in the cotswold hills

population= 45 000

much of the town is on the floodplain of the river cherwell 

Why was the scheme needed?

1998- flooding closed down the railway station, shut roads and caused 12.5 million fo damage 

2007- flooded again along with…