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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783670086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Somerset Levels and Moors
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783670086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783670086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Somerset Levels and Moors
Author: Richard Brunning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Somerset Levels (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Somerset Levels (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
The Draining of the Somerset Levels
Author: Michael Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052107486X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a detailed study of how the Somerset Levels, originally a large tract of marsh, were drained and reclaimed to becomes one of the most agriculturally productive areas of south-west England. The story of the draining of this region brings to light significant comparisons and contrasts with other reclaimed lowlands and extends our knowledge of one of the processes by which the British landscape has changed. This is an important book, which brings together information on an area that has until now received very little attention; it also shows just how early massive reclamation began. It will be of interest to both geographers and historians.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052107486X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a detailed study of how the Somerset Levels, originally a large tract of marsh, were drained and reclaimed to becomes one of the most agriculturally productive areas of south-west England. The story of the draining of this region brings to light significant comparisons and contrasts with other reclaimed lowlands and extends our knowledge of one of the processes by which the British landscape has changed. This is an important book, which brings together information on an area that has until now received very little attention; it also shows just how early massive reclamation began. It will be of interest to both geographers and historians.
The Boats of the Somerset Levels
Author: Mike Smylie
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144562415X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Flat-bottom craft boatbuilding in the Somerset Levels and Moors, rivers and coastal waters.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144562415X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Flat-bottom craft boatbuilding in the Somerset Levels and Moors, rivers and coastal waters.
The Somerset Levels & Moors
Author: Ken Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861831951
Category : Moors (Wetlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861831951
Category : Moors (Wetlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
the draining of the somerset levels
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Somerset Levels
Author: Robin Williams
Publisher: Ex Libris Press
ISBN: 9781903341162
Category : Somerset Levels (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Publisher: Ex Libris Press
ISBN: 9781903341162
Category : Somerset Levels (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Physical Geography of Somerset
Author:
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Governance for Drought Resilience
Author: Hans Bressers
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331929671X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book presents the findings of a team of scientists and practitioners who have been working on the project “Benefits of Governance in Drought Adaptation” (in short: the DROP project), which is included in the European Union’s INTERREG IVB NWE programme. The DROP governance team developed a Governance Assessment Tool (GAT), which allows the governance setting of a given region for planning and realizing drought adaptation measures to be assessed. Based on this assessment, recommendations can be developed for regional water authorities concerning how to operate most effectively towards increased drought resilience in this context. The GAT has been applied to six regions in Northwest Europe: Twente and Salland in the Netherlands, Eifel-Ruhr in Germany, Brittany in France, Somerset in the United Kingdom, and Flanders in Belgium. These regions are subject to drought aspects related to nature, agriculture and freshwater. This book will aid regional water authorities and other relevant stakeholders interested in governance assessment, whether that context is about water, more specifically about drought or flooding events, or other environmental issues. Further, the GAT can and has also been applied more broadly to a range of governance contexts for water management and beyond.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331929671X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book presents the findings of a team of scientists and practitioners who have been working on the project “Benefits of Governance in Drought Adaptation” (in short: the DROP project), which is included in the European Union’s INTERREG IVB NWE programme. The DROP governance team developed a Governance Assessment Tool (GAT), which allows the governance setting of a given region for planning and realizing drought adaptation measures to be assessed. Based on this assessment, recommendations can be developed for regional water authorities concerning how to operate most effectively towards increased drought resilience in this context. The GAT has been applied to six regions in Northwest Europe: Twente and Salland in the Netherlands, Eifel-Ruhr in Germany, Brittany in France, Somerset in the United Kingdom, and Flanders in Belgium. These regions are subject to drought aspects related to nature, agriculture and freshwater. This book will aid regional water authorities and other relevant stakeholders interested in governance assessment, whether that context is about water, more specifically about drought or flooding events, or other environmental issues. Further, the GAT can and has also been applied more broadly to a range of governance contexts for water management and beyond.
Restoring Floodplains in Europe
Author: Timothy Moss
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 1843390906
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This book addresses the complex institutional dimensions to restoring floodplains. Despite the recent surge of interest in restoring floodplains among policy and research circles, as well as in the public domain, very few schemes for restoring functional floodplains have been put into practice in Europe to date. The book explores the reasons behind this discrepancy between interest and applications with an original, comparative analysis of the institutional drivers and constraints of floodplain restoration in Europe. It explains why so few projects have been successfully implemented, how recent policy shifts are creating new opportunities for floodplain restoration and what lessons for policy development and project management can be drawn from in-depth analysis of past and present schemes. At a time of rapidly growing interest in restoring floodplains as an important component of efforts to improve flood protection, enhance riparian habitats, strengthen catchment management, raise water quality and pursue integrated rural development, the book critically appraises the relationship between macro-level policy development and enforcement and micro-level project design and implementation. The book begins with two chapters setting out the case for floodplain restoration and assessing the relevant drivers and constraints of EU policy. The next three chapters analyse the policy contexts of floodplain restoration in France, Germany and Britain, addressing the principal drivers and constraints in the fields of water management, flood protection, nature conservation, spatial planning and agriculture. This is followed by six case studies of schemes to restore floodplains, divided between early schemes of the mid-1990s (Rheinvorland-Sud on the Upper Rhine, Bourret on the Garonne and the Long Eau project in England) and ongoing schemes of today (Lenzen on the Elbe, La Basse on the Seine and the Parrett Catchment Project). The book concludes by drawing lessons from the principal findings and providing recommendations for ways of developing policy and designing projects for restoring floodplains in the future.
Publisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 1843390906
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This book addresses the complex institutional dimensions to restoring floodplains. Despite the recent surge of interest in restoring floodplains among policy and research circles, as well as in the public domain, very few schemes for restoring functional floodplains have been put into practice in Europe to date. The book explores the reasons behind this discrepancy between interest and applications with an original, comparative analysis of the institutional drivers and constraints of floodplain restoration in Europe. It explains why so few projects have been successfully implemented, how recent policy shifts are creating new opportunities for floodplain restoration and what lessons for policy development and project management can be drawn from in-depth analysis of past and present schemes. At a time of rapidly growing interest in restoring floodplains as an important component of efforts to improve flood protection, enhance riparian habitats, strengthen catchment management, raise water quality and pursue integrated rural development, the book critically appraises the relationship between macro-level policy development and enforcement and micro-level project design and implementation. The book begins with two chapters setting out the case for floodplain restoration and assessing the relevant drivers and constraints of EU policy. The next three chapters analyse the policy contexts of floodplain restoration in France, Germany and Britain, addressing the principal drivers and constraints in the fields of water management, flood protection, nature conservation, spatial planning and agriculture. This is followed by six case studies of schemes to restore floodplains, divided between early schemes of the mid-1990s (Rheinvorland-Sud on the Upper Rhine, Bourret on the Garonne and the Long Eau project in England) and ongoing schemes of today (Lenzen on the Elbe, La Basse on the Seine and the Parrett Catchment Project). The book concludes by drawing lessons from the principal findings and providing recommendations for ways of developing policy and designing projects for restoring floodplains in the future.