Flooding of property by runoff from agricultural land in northwestern Europe

Geomorphology and natural hazards

Auteurs :
BOARDMAN, J.
LIGNEAU, L.
DE ROO, A.
VANDAELE, K.
MORISAWA, M.

Description :
This paper addresses the reasons for the increase in flood damage to property, the scale of that damage and the responses to the flood hazard. The areas examined are South-Limburg (The Netherlands), the Pays de Caux (France), the area between Brussels and Leuven (Belgium) and the South Downs (England). They have features in common: dissected terrain with dry valley systems of periglacial origin; soils derived from loess; recent intensification and specialisation of agriculture, and housing areas proximal to farmland. There are, however, differences between the study areas.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Symposium, 25, Binghamton, Etats-Unis, 1994-09-24, Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1994, vol. 10, n°. 1-4, p. 183-196, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 51 ref.

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier