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The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Part 4 – How has the management plan been produced? – By Eleanor Morrison

August 23, 2010 admin No comments

The study was approached with the following strategy: Understand how the catchment works Appreciate the context of historic land management and the requirements of existing land managers; rural land managers are the key to the success of sustainable catchment management Target management to the appropriate place: the source of the problem rather than the impact [...]

Past projects channel avulsion, channel meanders, coarse sediment, College Burn, riparian woodlands, riparian zones, river armouring, river braiding, sediment bars, sediment modelling, siltation rates, Sustainable flood management

The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Part 2 – The unique qualities of this catchment – By Eleanor Morrison

August 16, 2010 admin No comments

The Bowmont-Glen catchment has special qualities and is truly unique, both ecologically and physically: The Tweed catchment is renowned for its diverse and traditional landscapes, which support a rich variety of important habitats and species; this has been recognised through several nature designations, including Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [...]

Past projects channel avulsions, channel meanders, Flood risk assessment, flood water storage, Flooding, fluvial geomorphology, River restoration, Sustainable flood management, whole of catchment

The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Part 1 – Aims and Main Issues – By Eleanor Morrison

August 1, 2010 admin No comments

This second article examines the principal aims of the Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative, which included: Investigating the dynamics of water and the changing nature of the gravel bed channels in the Bowmont-Glen catchment Interpreting the relationships between land use, river management, flooding & sediment dynamics Deducing the root cause of recent changes in the catchment, particularly [...]

Past projects channel avulsion, channel meanders, coarse sediment, Flood risk assessment, Flooding, minimise flood heights, Natural flood management, replace meanders, sediment bars, Sustainable flood management, whole of catchment

The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Update – Introduction – by Eleanor Morrison

July 25, 2010 admin No comments

(click on map to enlarge) The Bowmont Water, known as the River Glen in its lower reaches, is a major tributary in the Tweed catchment on the Scottish/English border.

Past projects channel avulsion, channel meanders, Flood risk assessment, Flooding, Natural flood management, Sustainable flood management, whole of catchment

The River Till Restoration Project

June 25, 2010 admin No comments

MNV was contracted by the Tweed Forum to deliver a river restoration project in Northumberland. The project looked at flooding issues on the River Till, focusing on damage caused by an increasing frequency and intensity of flood events around the Till – Glen confluence. This problem is not new. Flood embankments, ditches, swales and sluices designed to protect [...]

River restoration channel avulsions, channel meanders, coarse sediment, Flood risk assessment, Flooding, minimise flood heights, Natural flood management, replace meanders, river channel flows, river channel realignment, river channel restoration, sediment bars

MNV Sustainable Flood Management Demonstration Sites

February 4, 2010 admin No comments

A group visiting an MNV Sustainable flood management demonstration site Floods are destructive processes which damage buildings, agricultural land and transport networks, but are also constructive processes that maintain dynamic river systems and help landscapes to evolve. Flood management is addressed in various ways in different regions, countries and local administrative areas – the common [...]

Sustainable flood management channel meanders, debris flow dams, flood water storage, Flooding, flow gauging, fluvial geomorphology, Natural flood management, natural levees, reservoir storage curves, River restoration, sediment bars

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