Soft Engineering 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyWater and riversGCSEAQA Created by: Shea CarterCreated on: 22-06-14 13:15 What is soft engineering the use of? Soft engineering is the use of natural methods which are complimentary to the environment 1 of 14 What are the 4 soft engineering methods that we have studied? Do nothing, gauging station, floodplain zoning, reforestation 2 of 14 Where are gauging stations usually set up? They are usually set up at a strategic point along the river, such as two rivers confluence 3 of 14 What will local authorities of environment agencies do with gauging stations? They will use the data collected from the station to issue advice to the public 4 of 14 What can be produced from the data collected at the gauging station? Flood maps 5 of 14 What type of maps are flood maps usually? Chloropleth maps 6 of 14 What are chloropleth maps? These are maps which use darker colours to represent higher numbers or data 7 of 14 What website issues advice of what to do in a flood? The environment agency website 8 of 14 What is floodplain zoning? This is where building or facilities are placed at different distances away from the river due to their cost or significance 9 of 14 Are expensive building placed nearer or further away from the river? Further away 10 of 14 What order in significance do buildings and facilities get placed away from the river? Avoid, for grazing animals, playing fields, roads, industry and then finally housing 11 of 14 What is done in some river basins to prevent high value land from flooding? Deliberate flooding is encouraged in some river basins on low value land, so that high value land further away from the river don't flood 12 of 14 What is reforestation? A tree management scheme 13 of 14 What does reforestation do in terms of soft engineering? It increases interception, reduces surface run-off, increases lagtime 14 of 14
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