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10 Cards in this Set
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Where is your case study |
The river Nene
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Where is the river Nene |
Northampton
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What happened on 9th April 1998 |
River flooded flooding parts of Northampton.
2 people died. Caused the decision to manage the river Nene |
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By 2002 how much had the environment agency invested |
6.8 million
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What happened in 2003 & 2007 |
Further defence work
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Weldon |
in 2002 a 450m clay flood embankment was built. This raised the level of the land to 6.8 metres
Cost 2 million |
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Upton Square |
New housing estate above the level of flood plain Possible due to management of the river |
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Billing |
Flood retention reservoir built
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Upton |
River channel capacity increase by building embankments 10m from the river
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Northampton |
2003 warning system was upgraded
Aims 2 give two hours notice of floods. Flood season Awareness campaign put into place |
