Y8 Flood Management

What is flood management for?

• To help rivers flooding

• To protect certain areas from flooding

• To protect farms from flooding

• To prevent rivers going near a town or city

What is hard engineering?

• Man-made ways to try and control flooding

• Natural ways to try and control flooding

What is soft engineering

• Man-made ways to try and control flooding

• Natural ways to try and control flooding

Which of the following are types of hard engineering?

• Flood warnings

• Straightening and dredging

• A dam

• Flood plane zoning

Which of the following are types of soft engineering?

• A dam

• Flood plane zoning

• Straightening and dredging

• Flood warnings

What are the positives of using a dam/reservoir?

• It can create electricity

• It stops flooding downstream

• It is cheap

• It is very effective

What are the negatives of flood warnings?

• It is expensive

• Not everyone will get the message

• It doesn't stop the flooding

• It damages the environment

Where is Boscastle?

• Leeds, UK

• Calcutta, India

• Florida, USA

• Cornwall, UK

What year did Boscastle suffer a major flood?

• 1993

• 2001

• 2004

• 2015

Which of these is NOT one of the strategies Boscastle has used to prevent flooding in the future

• Building a dam

• Widening the river channel

• Building the car park on higher ground

• Planting more trees