River Management

Question 1

Hard Engineering

Answer 1

Channel Straightening
Embankments
Flood Relief Channels

Question 2

Soft Engineering

Answer 2

Floodplain Zoning
River Restoration
Planning ahead

Question 3

What is floodplain zoning

Answer 3

Restricts different land uses to certain locations on the floodplain

Question 4

Where is Banbury and its population

Answer 4

About 50km north of Oxford 45,000

Question 5

When was Banbury’s defence scheme introduced and what was it

Answer 5

2012
A 3km earth embankment built parallel to the M40 with a maximum height of 4.5m
Raising roads and improving draining
New pumping station

Question 6

Social impacts of Banbury defence scheme

Answer 6

-Raised roads doesn’t disturb people’s lives
-Quality of life for people improved due to more green areas
-Reduced levels of anxiety and stress through fear of flooding

Question 7

Economic impacts of Banbury defence scheme

Answer 7

-Cost £18.5 million
-By protecting 441 houses and 73 commercial properties, the benefits are estimated to be over £100 million

Question 8

Environmental impacts of Banbury’s defence scheme

Answer 8

-100,000 tonnes of earth were needed to make embankments (extracted from nearby making a small reservoir)