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	Quick Search Author Title Abstract Nr. Schedule Nr. Natural Hazards Meteorological Hazards Hydrological Hazards Landslide Hazards Earthquake Hazards Volcanic Hazards Sea and Ocean Hazards Snow Avalanches and other Glacial hazards Other Hazards Multidisciplinary Approaches for Risk Assessment, Mapping, Disaster Management & Mitigation Strategi Historical Information, Databases and Dating Techniques for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment New Technologies for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment Programme Groups Atmospheric Sciences Biogeosciences Climate: Past, Present, Future Cryospheric Sciences Energy, Resources and the Environment Geodesy Geodynamics Geomorphology Geophysical Instrumentation Hydrological Sciences Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics & Geomaterials Natural Hazards Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Ocean Sciences Planetary and Solar System Sciences Seismology Soil System Sciences Solar-Terrestrial Sciences Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology Tectonics and Structural Geology Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology & Mineralogy Union Symposia Educational Symposia   Information - HS8 Impacts of land use and management on flood generation (co-listed in NH) Event Information Over the past fifty years, much of the European landscape has been transformed as a result of changes in land use and management. The growth in intensive agriculture and associated farming practices have changed natural hydrological functioning at the field/hillslope scale, and as a consequence, flood generation mechanisms at the catchment scale may have been affected. In the UK, there is evidence that soil compaction/degradation has created local scale flooding problems, but it is not clear how flood generation at larger catchment scales may have been affected. A wide range of interventions associated with farming and land use management (e.g. land drainage etc) complicate the overall picture. Similar problems have been observed ad documented in other European countries, and there is the added concern about how the catchments will respond to the more extreme rainfall regimes expected under climate change. The aim of the Session will be to review the current state of knowledge concerning the impacts of land use and management on flood generation, to assess current modelling and predictive capacity, and to identify gaps in knowledge. Current knowledge and understanding is dispersed widely among the agricultural, soils and hydrological research communities, and one of the objectives of the Session will be to bring together scientists from these communities to obtain a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge base. Contributions are invited on small scale agricultural experiments at the field scale which focus on the impacts of land use management practices on runoff generation; on experiments designed to assess the effectiveness of measures taken to control runoff at source; on catchment experiments designed to understand the propagation of impacts to larger scales; on the modelling of runoff generation and impact propagation across scales, and on decision support and policy-making relating to land use management as it affects flood generation and flood risk. Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers Co-Sponsorship General Statement The information contained hereafter has been compiled and uploaded by the Session Organizers via the "Organizer Session Form". The Session Organizers have therefore the sole responsibility that this information is true and accurate at the date of publication, and the conference organizer cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made, and he makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with regard to the material published. Back to Session Programme

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