An assessment of the impact of floodplain woodland on flood flows

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-126

  Thomas, Huw ^a   Nisbet, T R ^b  

^a Forest Research   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood defence; Flood flows; Floodplain woodland; Hydraulic modelling; Hydraulic roughness; Soft engineering

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; RISK ANALYSIS;

FLOOD DEFENCE; FLOOD FLOWS; HYDRAULIC ROUGHNESS; SOFT ENGINEERING;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; RISK ANALYSIS;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRAULICS; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW RATE; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

CLIMATES; FLOODS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 34249690630     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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