Published on:
31 May 2016
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Flooding is one of the most challenging and costly realities of life in the 21st century.The natural behavior of rivers is becoming an increasingly unnatural force in villages, towns and cities across Europe and wider. As climate change combines with human pressures on the land, floods occur more often and leave greater damage when they have gone.
This report discusses sustainable flood management across Scotland. Specifically, the River Devon Natural Flood Management Demonstration Site which shows how a whole catchment approach to sustainable flood management is achieved and how these principles can be applied to any river in Scotland.
