Soil erosion, muddy floods and the need for institutional memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8360690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Boardman (0000-0001-6252-8546, University of Oxford), Karel Vandaele (0000-0001-7506-2458, Flanders Hydraulics) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 502-513 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Area (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00948.x |
| OpenAlex | W1554459233 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 25 |
The flooding of property by runoff from agricultural fields is an increasing problem in Europe. In two areas, southern England and central Belgium, the frequency of cases is high and relatively good databases exist. We examine the role of institutional memory in the success and failure to deal with muddy flooding. There appear to be four reasons for memory failure: inadequate transfer of information to the relevant people; lack of a legislative framework, particularly in the UK; a shortage of trained personnel; and institutional difficulties in dealing with an interdisciplinary problem. A successful institutional framework requires national or regional‐level legislation and funding; support for expert groups at the local level; availability of information on successful projects; a system of information dissemination to stakeholders; and active implementation of legislation by regulatory bodies. We suggest that a successful project involving cooperation between municipalities in the Melsterbeek catchment, Flanders, offers a model for action in other areas. Existing projects, such as the Catchment Sensitive Farming scheme in the UK, could learn from this success in Flanders
Agriculture · Business · Catchment area · Drainage basin · Economic shortage · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Erosion · Flooding (psychology) · Geography · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes · Soil erosion and sediment transport
Making water policy work in the United Kingdom
Beyond just floodwater
The effect of institutional memory on the diffusion of wind energy
Understanding the influence of farmer motivations on changes to soil erosion risk on sites of former serious erosion in the South Downs National Park, UK
Farming for Water Quality
Farmer perception of runoff and erosion and extent of flooding in the silt-loam belt of the Belgian Walloon Region
Assessing the likelihood of catchments across England and Wales meeting ‘good ecological status’ due to sediment contributions from agricultural sources
Muddy floods on the South Downs, southern England
Soil erosion and flooding on the eastern South Downs, southern England, 1976–2001
Soil Erosion on Agricultural Land
The need for soil conservation in Britain – revisited
Damage to Property by Runoff from Agricultural Land, South Downs, Southern England, 1976-93
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |