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Flood defences: special report

By: Contributor(s): Series: Contract Journal ; 419(6437) 30 July 2003, 14-17(4)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Three articles on flood defences. "A sea change in policy" examines the topic of sustainable managementof land flooding, perhaps by allowing land to flood naturally; "SUDS up" looks at the aim of the Environment Agency to promote wider adoption of sustainable urban drainage systems; "Shoring up the Sow" reports on the recent flood defence work on the River Sow in Stafford, the first full project in the Environment Agency's National Contractors Framework Agreement.

Three articles on flood defences. "A sea change in policy" examines the topic of sustainable managementof land flooding, perhaps by allowing land to flood naturally; "SUDS up" looks at the aim of the Environment Agency to promote wider adoption of sustainable urban drainage systems; "Shoring up the Sow" reports on the recent flood defence work on the River Sow in Stafford, the first full project in the Environment Agency's National Contractors Framework Agreement.