RIVER SOFT ENGINEERING

Question 1

Types of soft engineering?

Answer 1

Flood warnings, floodplain zoning, planting trees, river restoration

Question 2

Floodplain zoning advantages and disadvantages?

Answer 2

Low cost, traditional ecosystems (water meadows) protected, creates green space
- limited in pact (most are aready developed), hours eprice inflation

Question 3

Flood windings adv. disadv.

Answer 3

Cheap, advanced warning, cheap
- only effective if accessible, floods still happen

Question 4

Planting trees adv and disadv.

Answer 4

Reduces surface run off, increased carbon storage, new habitats, cheap
- loss of agricultural land, increase soil acidity

Question 5

River restoration adv and disadv.

Answer 5

New wetland habitats, reduced flood risk downstream, increases water storage
- loss of farmland, expensive