Open AccessFarming the floodplain: New England river governance in a changing climate (Hand-outs)
Author(s) -
Rachel E. Schattman
Publication year - 2017
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.32747/2017.6956534.ch
Subject(s) - floodplain , flood myth , levee , hydrology (agriculture) , bank erosion , water resource management , upstream (networking) , blame , geography , bank , agriculture , corporate governance , environmental science , erosion , geology , business , engineering , archaeology , cartography , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , finance , psychology , telecommunications , psychiatry
You are worried about flood impacts from the river that borders your property. While you have
considered building a levee and placing stones along the bank to protect you land and house
from erosion, you do not have the equipment or expertise to do so. Additionally, you have seen
water velocity in the river increase because the farmer upstream has channeled the river. You
blame the farmer for putting your land and house at greater flood risk. You think that upstream
land should be allowed to flood to slow water velocity and absorb floodwaters; this would
protect you and your neighbors from future floods.