LO: To describe a range of flood management techniques. To define ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ engineering strategies. To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of flood management attempts.

What options are available for flood management?

Managing the Mississippi River landscapes/managing-rivers-and-flooding landscapes/managing-rivers-and-flooding

Select 2 HARD and 2 SOFT techniques Make sure you know the following: What these strategies involve and how they work… What are the benefits of this strategy… What are the associated problems… Where has this strategy been implemented (named example) and was it successful… HOMEWORK: Evaluate the relative success of different flood management techniques. (10)