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JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
卷 2, 期 3, 页码 182-189出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01031.x
关键词
Flood risk management; rural; agriculture; England; summer 2007 floods
资金
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Environment Agency
- Economic and Social Research Council [RES-227-25-0017] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [RES-227-25-0017] Funding Source: UKRI
Exceptional rainfall during the summer of 2007 caused widespread flooding in parts of England. While the focus of attention has been correctly placed on the impact on densely populated urban areas, large tracts of rural land were seriously affected by flooding. Summer flooding is particularly damaging to farming. This paper presents the results from an evaluation of the impacts of the summer 2007 flood events on agriculture. High financial losses were incurred in the horticultural sector. Arable farmers incurred direct losses in the form of crop loss or yield reduction due to flooding and associated waterlogging of fields. Livestock farmers incurred indirect losses in the form of additional housing and feeding costs for livestock. Although total costs to agriculture were small compared with urban flood costs, they were typically large at the individual farm scale. Such impacts should be properly acknowledged in future strategies for flood risk management.
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