Recent flooding in Yorkshire and other parts of the UK has highlighted the need for improved flood management techniques and infrastructure to mitigate the increasing frequency and magnitude of flood events. In addition to the continued use of hard engineering techniques to protect areas from flood impacts, recent policies and government advice has recommended that more ‘natural’ and sustainable flood management techniques should be employed, where possible, to help deliver flood risk management.
This studentship will address the lack of robust, empirical BACI- style evidence currently limiting NFM research by utilising novel environmental tracer techniques to determine if NFM measures can delay, reduce and desynchronise the flood hydrograph and therefore reduce flood risk. The student will address questions such as: which NFM measures are most effective in reducing flood risk, and how do antecedent conditions affect flood risk and NFM effectiveness?
More information here: http://www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk/projects/index.php?id=534
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