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Natural Flood Management

Beyond the evidence debate

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ID8362000
AuthorsThea Wingfield (0000-0002-7818-3455, University of Liverpool, corresponding author), Nicole Macdonald (0000-0003-0350-7096, University of Liverpool), Kimberley Peters (0000-0001-7297-6334, University of Liverpool), Jack Spees (Ribble Rivers Trust), Karen Potter (0000-0003-4750-0056, The Open University)
Year2019
Volume51
Issue4
Pages743-751
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12535
OpenAlexW2916067002
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited34

Globally, flood frequency has increased over the last three decades. Natural Flood Management ( NFM ) is considered a progressive holistic flood management approach, using “natural” hydrological processes to slow and store water, delivering multiple benefits including water quality, biodiversity and amenity improvements. Although there are existing evaluations of NFM , they remain insufficient for drawing conclusions as to its effectiveness at catchment scales. However, without this evidence base and because of the domination of the natural sciences in the framing and research agenda, catchment‐wide interventions have not been implemented. In acknowledging the importance of understanding and data gaps (and attempts to fill them), this paper argues that there is an opportunity to deliver NFM more widely by capitalising on widespread interest in different land and water management sectors, supported by interdisciplinary policy‐relevant research. This paper illustrates how multi‐stakeholder collaborative partnership is suited to the dynamic complexity of NFM delivery. It is proposed that, through championing NFM delivery at catchment scales and the work of established catchment partnerships in England and Wales, there is the opportunity to more widely deliver NFM as an integrated component of flood risk management

Amenity · Business · Catchment area · Civil engineering · Drainage basin · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood myth · Framing (construction) · General partnership · Geography · Natural (archaeology) · Natural hazard · Natural resource · Natural resource management · Political science · Public relations · Stakeholder engagement · Engineering · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year1
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5
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