Natural Flood Management
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147552
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Technology
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Published
2022/10/15
Updated
2022/11/22
Email Owner
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Natural Flood Management (NFM) uses soft engineering and green infrastructure measures to reduce flood water volumes and delay downstream water flow of floods by protecting, restoring and optimizing the natural functions of catchments, floodplains, rivers and the coast.
Natural flood management (NFM) involves a variety of soft engineering and green infrastructure measures designed for flood control. The aim is to reduce floodwater volume and delay floods flowing downstream by protecting, restoring and optimizing the natural functions of catchments, floodplains, rivers and the coast. Coupled with hard engineering, natural flood management may help reduce flood risk downstream. Measures seek to create natural structures and reduce soil compaction to slow water and to increase ground infiltration. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has developed its Natural Flood Management Handbook as a practical guide to assessing the benefits of implementing such approaches.
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