Slowing the flow in pickering: quantifying the effect of catchment Woodland planting on flooding using the soil conservation service curve number method

The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Runoff Curve Number method has been successfully applied to the Pickering Beck catchment at Pickering in North Yorkshire to assess the impact of land use change on flood flows. While limited-scale woodland creation (3% of the catchment) was predicted to have a sma...

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Published in:International journal of safety and security engineering 2016-08, Vol.6 (3), p.466-474
Main Authors: Thomas, H., Nisbet, T.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Flood management
Flood predictions
Flooding
Floods
Grasslands
Land use management
Risk management
Runoff
Soil conservation
Woodlands
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Summary:The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Runoff Curve Number method has been successfully applied to the Pickering Beck catchment at Pickering in North Yorkshire to assess the impact of land use change on flood flows. While limited-scale woodland creation (3% of the catchment) was predicted to have a small effect on the range of peak flows studied (
ISSN:2041-9031
2041-904X
DOI:10.2495/SAFE-V6-N3-466-474