Management Development Of River Basins In Britain

Question 1

How much money’s worth of housing, economic assets and infrastructure is vulnerable to flooding in the UK?

Answer 1

£240 billion

Question 2

How many new houses are being built in risky areas for flooding?

Answer 2

1 in 10 new houses

Question 3

How many houses in Britain are built on flood plains?

Answer 3

1 tenth of britains houses

Question 4

Describe an area which has plans to build houses in risky areas for flooding…

Answer 4

Plans to build 120,000 houses in London Thame’s Gateway. 91% of these houses are planned to built on floodplains.

Question 5

How much would the damage cost of London was to be flooded?

Answer 5

£40 billion worth

Question 6

State four problems associated with flooding in Oxford:

Answer 6

1) small city; not much land available for development, increased pressure for housing so this means that the development will increase the potential for flooding.
2) low-lying
3) water from a large area (2500km2£ drains into two mean rivers which meet in Oxford (The Cherwell and The Thames).
4) much are is covered by CLAY (impermeable) so increased surface run off.

Question 7

What is a lot of the rock type in the Oxford region?

Answer 7

Clay

Question 8

What proposed plans are there for flood management strategies around Oxford?

Answer 8

1) flood relief channel

2) water storage areas (allow certain areas to flood like farmland)

Question 9

Name two current flood management strategies at place in Oxford:

Answer 9

1) land use zoning

2) flood relief schemes

Question 10

Name some flood relief schemes in place around the Oxford area:

Answer 10

Channel dredging, diversionary spillways, levees and channel straightening.

Question 11

How many people in Britain are living in flood risk areas?

Answer 11

4.3 million people