Damage to Property by Runoff from Agricultural Land, South Downs, Southern England, 1976-93

During the last 15 years erosion and the flooding of properties have been associated with the growing of winter cereals on the South Downs. In the relatively wet Winters of 1982-83, 1987-88 and 1990-91 flooding resulted in considerable costs which were borne largely by local authorities, individual householders and their insurance companies. The management options were fully discussed in 1984 but the response to the threat of flooding has in general been dilatory and unimaginative. The chief responses have been either the construction of dams and trenches or land-use change. These have met with limited success: some properties have continued to be flooded. In the future, land-use change in response to decreasing demand for arable produce may solve the problem but an approach targeted on specific high-risk sites is needed

Agricultural land · Agriculture · Archaeology · Geography · Surface runoff · Ecology · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Soil erosion and sediment transport

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