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Inland Waterway Systems – a Solution to Drought and Flooding Issues
Humankind has been creating artificial channels for the conveyance of water for millennia. In the United Kingdom in the 1960s, whilst the waterborne freight industry was declining, there was a surge of interest in pleasure boating on the canals. Waterborne transport can be environmentally beneficial, efficient and cost‐effective for appropriate cargoes. Canals have been designed with, or undergone post‐construction, adaptations to make use of, many different sources of water such as: natural sources, at or above the summit level; and dedicated reservoirs, at or near the summit level. To develop climate resilient infrastructure in the most cost‐effective manner, canal designs can incorporate two or more functions: embankments acting as flood defences, reservoirs can be used for flood control and water storage. For meeting the challenges of climate change, the canals offer innovative solutions to some of the problems we face, in terms of droughts, floods and heatwaves.
Inland Waterway Systems – a Solution to Drought and Flooding Issues
Humankind has been creating artificial channels for the conveyance of water for millennia. In the United Kingdom in the 1960s, whilst the waterborne freight industry was declining, there was a surge of interest in pleasure boating on the canals. Waterborne transport can be environmentally beneficial, efficient and cost‐effective for appropriate cargoes. Canals have been designed with, or undergone post‐construction, adaptations to make use of, many different sources of water such as: natural sources, at or above the summit level; and dedicated reservoirs, at or near the summit level. To develop climate resilient infrastructure in the most cost‐effective manner, canal designs can incorporate two or more functions: embankments acting as flood defences, reservoirs can be used for flood control and water storage. For meeting the challenges of climate change, the canals offer innovative solutions to some of the problems we face, in terms of droughts, floods and heatwaves.
Inland Waterway Systems – a Solution to Drought and Flooding Issues
Booth, Colin A. (editor) / Charlesworth, Susanne M. (editor) / Rose, Carly B. (author) / Walker, Luke (author)
Water Resources in the Built Environment ; 180-195
2014-04-11
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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