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View article: The potential contribution of flood management ponds to pondscape biodiversity: Evidence from dragonflies
The potential contribution of flood management ponds to pondscape biodiversity: Evidence from dragonflies Open
After decades of river channelisation, restoration projects are flourishing, many with the aim of reducing flood risk by re‐connecting rivers to their floodplains and making space for water. Pond creation is often included to enable tempor…
View article: Strategic Design and Delivery of Integrated Catchment Restoration Monitoring: Emerging Lessons from a 12-Year Study in the UK
Strategic Design and Delivery of Integrated Catchment Restoration Monitoring: Emerging Lessons from a 12-Year Study in the UK Open
Despite growing interest in river and catchment restoration, including a focus on nature-based solutions, assessing effectiveness of restoration programmes continues to prove a challenge. The development of the Eddleston Water project, the…
View article: Application of the International Guidelines on Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management and the way forward
Application of the International Guidelines on Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management and the way forward Open
<p>In 2021, the International Guidelines on Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management &#160;were published, as a result of a joint project between the Rijkswaterstaat (Netherlands), the Environment Agency (Engla…
View article: The International Guidelines on Natural and Nature Based Features for Fluvial Flood Risk Management: the concept and the way forward
The International Guidelines on Natural and Nature Based Features for Fluvial Flood Risk Management: the concept and the way forward Open
The International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management emphasize the role of nature-based solutions and natural infrastructure (e.g., beaches, dunes, islands, marshes) as an alternative to conventional …
View article: A Framework to Evaluate the SDG Contribution of Fluvial Nature-Based Solutions
A Framework to Evaluate the SDG Contribution of Fluvial Nature-Based Solutions Open
Nature-based solutions (NBSs) are measures reflecting the ‘cooperation with nature’ approach: mitigating fluvial flood risk while being cost-effective, resource-efficient, and providing numerous environmental, social, and economic benefits…
View article: How can we plan resilient systems of nature-based mitigation measures in larger catchments for flood risk reduction now and in the future?
How can we plan resilient systems of nature-based mitigation measures in larger catchments for flood risk reduction now and in the future? Open
There is considerable empirical evidence that using nature-based solutions to restore and enhance hydrological processes such as infiltration, interception, floodplain re-connection and water storage, is effective at small scales for low t…
View article: DECOMMISSIONING PLANNING OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FIELDS IN VIETNAM: WHAT CAN BE LEARNT FROM MINE CLOSURE PLANNING IN SCOTLAND?
DECOMMISSIONING PLANNING OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FIELDS IN VIETNAM: WHAT CAN BE LEARNT FROM MINE CLOSURE PLANNING IN SCOTLAND? Open
Due to the lack of necessary requirements in the existing regulations for decommissioning of offshore oil and gas fields in Vietnam, this paper makes policy recommendations based on the comparison between the decommissioning planning of of…
View article: Natural flood management, lag time and catchment scale: Results from an empirical nested catchment study
Natural flood management, lag time and catchment scale: Results from an empirical nested catchment study Open
Natural flood management (NFM) techniques attract much interest in flood risk management science, not least because their effectiveness remains subject to considerable uncertainty, particularly at larger catchment and event scales. This de…
View article: OECD Principles on Water Governance in practice: an assessment of existing frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America
OECD Principles on Water Governance in practice: an assessment of existing frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America Open
Through the lens of the 12 OECD Principles on Water Governance, this paper examines six water resources and water services frameworks in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America to understand enhancing and constraining contextual fac…
View article: Ecosystem services bundles: challenges and opportunities for implementation and further research
Ecosystem services bundles: challenges and opportunities for implementation and further research Open
Background : the concept of ‘ecosystem services bundles’, i.e. ecosystem services that repeatedly appear together across space and/or time, has been developed and refined as part of an integrated approach to assess interactions between eco…
View article: A cost‐benefit analysis of afforestation as a climate change adaptation measure to reduce flood risk
A cost‐benefit analysis of afforestation as a climate change adaptation measure to reduce flood risk Open
Increased river flood frequency is considered a major risk under climate change. Protecting vulnerable communities is, therefore, a key public policy objective. Natural flood management measures (NFM)—notably re‐afforestation on hillslope …
View article: Assessment of changes in ecosystem service delivery – a historical perspective on catchment landscapes
Assessment of changes in ecosystem service delivery – a historical perspective on catchment landscapes Open
Although the relationships between habitats and ecosystem services (ESs) have been acknowledged, investigating spatio-temporal change in these has received far less attention. This study assesses the influence of habitat changes on ES deli…
View article: Ecosystem Services and International Water Law: towards a more effective determination and implementation of Equity?
Ecosystem Services and International Water Law: towards a more effective determination and implementation of Equity? Open
Interest in an ecological- or an ecosystem-centred approach to natural resource management is not new, and in the case of water management has been very well emphasised for many decades. Recently however, a new focus has emerged around the…
View article: Competing paradigms of flood management in the Scottish/English borderlands
Competing paradigms of flood management in the Scottish/English borderlands Open
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how flood management practitioners rationalise the emergence of sustainable flood management. Key to this analysis are differences rooted in assumptions over what flood management is and sh…
View article: Flood risk management, an approach to managing cross-border hazards
Flood risk management, an approach to managing cross-border hazards Open
River flooding is a serious hazard in the UK with interest driven by recent widespread events. This paper reviews different approaches to flood risk management and the borders (physical, conceptual and organisational) that are involved. Th…
View article: Management of ulcerative colitis
Management of ulcerative colitis Open
Ulcerative colitis (UC) in children is increasing. The range of treatments available has also increased too but around 1 in 4 children still require surgery to control their disease. An up-to-date understanding of treatments is essential f…