Managing floods naturally: what works best? Natural Flood Management in Manchester

How can we manage floods caused by climate change? Manchester scientists explain how working with nature can limit the impact of floods.

Natural flood management manages flood risk by protecting, restoring and emulating the natural function of catchments and rivers. It has the potential to minimise flood risk in environmentally sensitive ways, to reduce flood risk where hard flood defences aren't feasible, and to increase the lifespan of existing defences.

NERC's £4m Natural Flood Management programme examines measures for a range of flood risk scenarios. The programme has been co-designed with Defra, the Environment Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales.

Find out more about the programme: https://nerc.ukri.org/research/funded...

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