Pickering Flooding

Question 1

Give a background to Pickering..

Answer 1

7000 people around the Beck-flooded 1999,2000,2007 last=85 homes flooded, main road A170

Question 2

What was the cost of the 2007 floods?

Answer 2

£2.1BN = preventive measures put in HMC (mitigation) ‘Slow the flood’ scheme(forest management) decreasing the PEAK, increase biodiversity.

Question 3

What problems where there with previous management+ issues with water quality?

Answer 3

66km2 catchment+overgrazing,damaged forestry, poor river management. Water pollution high

Question 4

What Flood management has been implemented… why was the method changed, …….specifics?

Answer 4

Engineered flood defences X sustainable=holistic:

• land management=slow flow- 100 wood dams
• store water - low level bunds=120,000km2 water storage
• improved water flow -woodland to protect sensitive soils -no burn zones -education of farmers+owners

Question 5

Evaluate the importance of the human&natural factors affecting river discharge over time. 20m

Answer 5

INTRO:Define river discharge, HF x2+ PF x2=argument
Human-urbanisation, deforestation linked to stores
Physical- topography, size of drainage basin, very
flashy, vegetation ie stores and penetration.
CONC: Natural more significant worsened by poor early management H worsened it.