Resources

User Guide to the Cumbria Strategic NFM investigation

A user guide to the maps produced in the Cumbria Strategic NFM investigation. JBA, Lancaster University, The Rivers Trust, Natural Course.

A guide for installing runoff attenuation features by Newcastle University and the Environment Agency.

Principles for farmers, communities and organisations working together on natural flood management by Foundation for Common Land – August 2016.

Dissertation by Elliot John Batty, University of Brighton, 2017.

Research outputs from the NERC funded ‘Quantifying the likely magnitude of nature-based flood mitigation effects across large catchments (Q-NFM)’ project led by Lancaster University.

A map showing the likely change in runoff volume and lag time with NFM interventions in sub catchments of the Derwent Catchment. Use in conjunction with the user guide. By Lancaster University, JBA and The Rivers Trust.

This study has investigated Natural Flood Management (NFM) in a tiered approach across the Eden, Kent and Derwent catchments in Cumbria, to help prioritise where different NFM measures are likely to be more effective.

A handbook to provide those responsible for delivering natural flood management with the necessary information to achieve its targeted delivery. It highlights the different types of measures that may be adopted, the multiple benefits of these measures, the tools available to assess the benefits and an overview of approaches, funding and monitoring, with case studies.

The impact of land drainage upon the incidence of flooding downstream has long been a source of controversy. This work has involved assembling a nationwide set of data from both published and unpublished field drainage experiments.

The manual provides an overview of natural flood management and a checklist of the steps to deliver it.

A study by Lancaster University on Hydrological Changes following tree planting on Tebay Common, 2017.

This Woodland Trust manual is intended to help those seeking to create shade over rivers in order to maintain suitable freshwater habitats for biological communities at risk from the effects of climate change, particularly salmon and brown trout.

A study by Lancaster University quantifying the effect of individual trees on soil permeability from direct UK observational evidence.

This guide sets out the Woodland Trust’s approach to woodland creation. It describes in detail the phases of the process and the principles that we apply when looking to expand woodland and tree cover on an area of land.

A review collating existing scientific research and policy options to increase understanding of how woodland can improve water quality to help meet WFD objectives. Provides a robust evidence-base for developing woodland and environmental policies. By Forest Research.

This bibliography brings together work on the role of trees and woodland in flooding and flood risk management. It includes publications by Forest Research scientists, the Forestry Commission and partners and papers published in journals.

A guide for getting ready for climate change by creating riparian shade.

Ecological surveys of tree planting schemes in Cumbria.

A directory of research publications by the Woodland Trust.

A guide to identifying sewage fungus by the Environment Agency.

A Wildfowl and Wetland Trust report (2014)

Dissertation study by Rebecca Clorley, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2020.

A ECRC Research Report by University College London (2014) B. Goldsmith, J. Boyle, M. Kernan, H. Yang, S. Turner, H. Bennion, E. Shilland, J. Shilland, P. Smyntek.

Natural England Catchment Risk Assessments provide evidence-led water quality catchment risk assessments for identified Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs).

A detailed geomorphological audit of the Greta catchment upstream of Keswick to inform measures to reduce the risk of future flooding in these communities.

An appraisal of different Natural Flood Management and restoration options for Newlands Beck and Coledale Beck.

An assessment of the impact of dredging and it’s role in flood risk management.

Aide Memoir for channel management in a catchment context.

The shaping of the landscape in Borrowdale Valley by past civilisations and water.

Conservation covenants are private agreements entered into voluntarily, but which become legally binding once agreed. They are made between a landowner and responsible body, such as a conservation charity or public body or for-profit body. They conserve (protect, restore or enhance) the natural or heritage features of the land for the public good.