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Nature-based solutions and restoration are intertwined but not identical: Highlighting implications for societies and ecosystems. Waylen et al. (2024) 7 pages. | This paper highlights that Nature based Solutions (NbS) and ecosystem restoration are distinct concepts, crucial for planning and implementing environmental interventions. This distinction impacts goals, resources, and stakeholder involvement. Focusing … |
Number of pages: 7 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Working with Natural Processes evidence directory (2018) Environment Agency (Eng), 304 pgs | This detailed report presents the current state of the scientific evidence underpinning a range of Natural Flood Management measures from the headwaters to coasts (14 measures in total). It does this by settign out scientfic confidence levels for each … |
Number of pages: 304 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Working with Natural Processes evidence directory – literature review. Environment Agency (Eng), (2017) 332 pgs. | This document is an Annex to the Environment Agency (England) Working With Natural Processes evidence directory. It is the detailed scientific literature review which informs the evidence directory scientific confidence levels. This document is more te … |
Number of pages: 332 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Natural Flood Management measures: A practical guide for farmers. West cumbris Rivers Trust, (2018) 36 pgs. | Another practical Natural Flood Management guide for farmers that is written in plain English and has a series of well presented illustrations. Its focus is for farmers in the North-West of England and covers both lowland and upland Natural Flood Manag … |
Number of pages: 36 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Challenges of spatial flood risk management. Hartmann et al. (2022), 7 pgs | Reviews the challenges which point to the key issues of spatial flood risk management, highlighting the problems of scale, connectivity and governance. |
Number of pages: 7 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Mitigating floods and attenuating surface runoff with temporary storage areas in headwaters. Roberts et al., (2023), 18 pgs. | This review focuses on the role of relatively small-scale (<10,000 m3) TSAs (Temporary storage areas) in headwater catchments for flood risk management. It also explores the potential wider benefits for implementing these as part of an integrated ca … |
Number of pages: 18 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Nature based solutions for flow reduction in catchment headwaters. Bourke et al., (2022), 19 pgs. | This paper reviews specific measures that are suited to upland headwater areas, which are dependent on their geology, soils and topography. This paper focuses on peatland restoration, forests, large wood in rivers, and agricultural practice. |
Number of pages: 19 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach. Raška et al., (2022), 10 pgs. | This paper adopts a community expert perspective to identify barriers to individual NBS. Identifying 17 barriers affecting the implementation of 12 groups of NBS in both urban and rural settings in five European regional environmental domains It define … |
Number of pages: 10 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
The Role of Runoff Attenuation Features (RAFs) in Natural Flood Management. Quinn et al. (2022), 16 pgs. | This paper reviews and critiques the role of RAFs and NFM as an interventionist and holistic approach to lowering runoff rates. The link between RAF design types and their relationship to land use and scale is made. |
Number of pages: 16 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
The case for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into integrated catchment management in Ireland. Collier, M.J. & Bourke, M.C. (2020), 7pgs. | This paper outlines the potential of nature-based solutions and integrated catchment management. It describes how current integrated catchment policy and programmes would benefit from this new approach and posits that nature-based solutions are a compl … |
Number of pages: 7 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Natural Water Retention measures (NWRM): Overview and recommendations for use in Ireland. EPA & OPW, (2020), 58 pgs. | This report builds a useful knowledge base of evidence for use of NWRM in the Irish context. |
Number of pages: 58 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Restoration of blanket peat moorland delays stormflow from hillslopes and reduces peak discharge. Shuttleworth et al. (2019), 14 pgs. | This paper reports a before-after-control-intervention studies in the South Pennines (UK) representing the first rigorous experimental assessment of the impact of blanket peat restoration on catchment runoff. It evaluates the hydrological impacts of tw … |
Number of pages: 14 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions. ICUN (2020), 30 pgs. | This is a key document on NBS that sets out an assessment framework for NBS projets. The global standards for NBS is a self assessment that consists of 8 criteria and indicators which assess a number of benefits provided by NBS. It is a key document if … |
Number of pages: 30 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Working with Nature-Based Solutions: Synthesis and mapping of status in the Nordics. Sandin et al. (2022), 141 pgs. | This report gives an overview of nature-based solutions in the Nordic countries. It looks at current best practice in nordic countries, assesses policy frameworks, looks at future challenges and reviews example projects and case studies. It ends with a … |
Number of pages: 141 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Establishing the potential influence of beaver activity on the functioning of rivers and streams and water resource management in Scotland. Geris et al. (2022), 39 pgs. | This review document reviews the role beavers play in stream and water resource management. The document seeks to answer the following research questions: How does beaver activity affect the functioning of rivers and streams and water resources? What a … |
Number of pages: 39 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Managing floodplains using nature-based solutions to support multiple ecosystem functions and services. Jakubinsky et al. (2021), 19 pgs. | This paper looks at various aspects of floodplain management. For example, floodplain delineation, causes of disturbance, ecosystem services provided by floodplains and measures that can be utilised to mitigate flood events. |
Number of pages: 19 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
The Role of Runoff Attenuation Features (RAFs) in Natural Flood Management. Quinn et al. (2022), 16pgs. | This review paper focuses on Runoff Attenuation Measures (RAFs). RAFs cover measures such as leaky barriers, offline ponds and overland flow disconnection bunds. The paper reviews and critiques the role of RAFs in NFM as an interventionists and holisti … |
Number of pages: 16 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
A review of on-farm roadway runoff characterisation and potential management options for Ireland. Fenton et al. (2021), 22 pgs. | The issue of roadway runoff (RR), i.e. mineral and organic pollutants on farms conveyed along farm roadways, has gained recognition in recent years. Recent legislation in Ireland prohibits direct runoff from farm roadways into adjacent water courses. T … |
Number of pages: 22 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Managing riparian buffer strips to optimise ecosystem services: a review. Cole et al. (2020), 12 pgs. | Depending on their management, riparian buffer strips have been shown to benefit water quality, biodiversity and mitigate flood risk. Given the multifunctional nature of riparian buffer strips, this review explores the need to identify the mechanisms a … |
Number of pages: 12 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Effects of agricultural land management changes on surface water quality: A review of meso-scale catchment research. Melland et al. (2018), 6pgs. | The positive water quality effects of a range of agricultural practices were reviewed to assess their effectiveness and the timescale by which their benefits were exhibited. These practices included improved landscape engineering, improved crop managem … |
Number of pages: 6 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Hyporheic rehabilitaion in rivers: restoring vertical connectivity. Boulton, A. (2007), 18 pgs. | The role of the hyporheic zone (HZ) in mediating the nutrient turnover of surface waters is well accounted for in academic literature, but river restoration strategies rarely explicitly target the HZ. This review describes the importance of vertical an … |
Number of pages: 18 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
An evaluation of the potential applications of nature-based solutions for water quality protection: Ireland as a case study. Heneghan et al. (2021), 15 pgs. | A systematic review of the most common and well researched examples of Nature Based Solutions (NBS; i.e. constructed wetlands, sustainable drainage systems, and riparian zone management) in the EU, and where sufficient data was available, in Ireland. I … |
Number of pages: 15 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Efficiency of mitigation measures targeting nutrient losses from agricultural drainage systems: a review. Carstensen et al. (2020), 18 pgs. | This paper reviews the removal efficiency of five different measures addressing nitrate and phosphorus pollution in agricultural catchments in 11 countries worldwide: (i) free water surface constructed wetlands, (ii) denitrifying bioreactors, (iii) con … |
Number of pages: 18 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Diffuse water pollution from Agriculture: A review of nature-based solutions for nitrogen removal and recovery. Mancuso et al. (2021), 22 pgs. | This paper describes the main mechanisms by which nitrogen is removed from agricultural wastewater and details the effectiveness of 4 important forms of NBS in nitrogen uptake and attenuation, namely: Constructed Wetlands, Riparian Buffer Strips, Veget … |
Number of pages: 22 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Role of forested land for natural flood management in the UK: A review. cooper et al., (2021), 16 pgs. | A scientfic review paper that looks at the role forested land plays in mitigating flood peaks in the UK. It looks at four woodland type: Catchment, cross-slope, floodplain and riparian. It discusses these four woodland types using evidence from UK case … |
Number of pages: 16 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Representing natural and artificial in-channel large wood in numerical hydraulic and hydrological models. Addy, S. and Wilkinson, M. (2019), 20 pgs. | This technical review paper focuses on methods to model both natural and human-made in-channel wood (or leaky barriers). It looks at a number of modelling techniques highlighting those methods which are the most popular but also looking at the benefits … |
Number of pages: 20 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Natural Flood Management. Lane, S. (2017) 14 pgs. | This is a useful review article that looks at the benefits and challenges behind Natural Flood Management. It contains useful boxes that set out some examples. The academic paper has been writen as a primer; therefore it is accessable to a wide range o … |
Number of pages: 14 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
The current state of the use of large wood in river restoration and management. Grabowski et al (2019) 12 pgs. | This paper reviews the role of large wood in river restoration projects. The paper offers a synthesis of the benefits and risk ascoiated with using wood to promote geomorphological processes to restore and manage rivers. The paper utilises knowledge fr … |
Number of pages: 12 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
The role of wetlands in the hydrological cycle. Bullock, A. and Acreman, M. (2003), 32 pgs. | This review paper looks at how wetlands affect various aspects of the hydrological cycle e.g., droughts, floods. It does this by collating evidence from many international case studies. It is a very useful overview paper for understanding how wetlands … |
Number of pages: 32 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
How Wetlands Affect Floods. Acreman, M. and Holden, J. (2013), 14 pgs. | A scientific review paper that looks at the role wetlands play in mitigating flood peaks. It does this by looking at five hydrological wetland types and investigating how each wetland type affects floods. It does this by collating evidence from numerou … |
Number of pages: 14 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Woodland’s role in natural flood management: Evidence from catchment studies in Britain and Ireland. Xiao et al. (2022), 9 pgs. | This is a scientific review paper that focuses on the role woodland play in mitigating flood peaks. It looks at evidence from UK and Ireland case studies. It shows that woodlands have some benefits, however, limited impact on mititgating extreme events … |
Number of pages: 9 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based ‘natural’ flood management in the UK. Dadson et al., (2017), 19 pgs. | A comprehensive evidence review of Natural Flood Management in the UK. It describes the current evidence base of a range of measures and places the evidence statements into four categories. The detailed evidence is presented in an annex to the paper. |
Number of pages: 19 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Mainstreaming natural flood management: A proposed research framework derived from a critical evaluation of current knowledge. Ellis et al., (2021), 22 pgs. | This paper gives a critical evaluation of Natural Flood Management approaches and wider literature. It also presents knowledge gaps and makes suggestions on how to overcome these. Its focused on UK examples but covers a wide varity of environments. It … |
Number of pages: 22 | Document type:JOURNAL ARTICLE | Click Here |
Natural Water Retention Measures: a practical guide. Strosser et al., (2015), 98 pgs. | This is a core output of the EU funded Natural Water Retention Measures project. It is hosted on the Natural Water Retention Measures.eu website (which also contains a case study map). The guide aims to support the selection, design and implementation … |
Number of pages: 98 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Do trees in UK-relevant river catchments influence fluvial flood peaks?: a systematic review. Stratford et al., (2017), 46 pgs. | This is a systematic literature evidence review that focuses on the role woodlands play in mitigating floods. It was developed by the UKCEH and its focus is on the UK context. Evidence from 71 case studies were assessed. |
Number of pages: 46 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Manual of River Restoration Techniques. RRC (2020) | Here you’ll find training and best-practise examples concerning river restoration. The UK River Restoration Centre (RRC) is the national expert advice centre for best practice river restoration. They also provide training. |
Number of pages: 0 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Soils and Natural Flood Management: Devon and Cornwall. Smith, R. (2017), 37 pgs. | Succinct and accessible guide to soil hydrology and management tips for soils under tillage, forest, pasture and peat. It was published for the East Devon Catchment Partnership to shows how good soil managements is fundamental to effective nature-based … |
Number of pages: 37 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Lowland Natural Flood Management measures: a practical guide for farmers. Dales to Vales River network, (2019) 17 pgs. | This guide focuses on lowland measures and was developed for farmers in the Yorkshire Dales. Its written in plain English and has nice easy to understand diagrams and pictures. It sets out issues such as build costs and mainagement cost in a low/medium … |
Number of pages: 17 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Natural Flood Management: A practical guide for farmers. Yorkshire Dales National Park (2018), 28 pgs. | This is a quick access summary, presenting each measure on one page with a build and cost guide on farms. The guide was developed for farmers and land managers of the Yorkshire Dales National Park but some findings could be applicable to elsewhere in t … |
Number of pages: 28 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Natural Flood Management: A farmer’s guide. SRUC (2019), 32 pgs. | Useful if you’re new to the topic of Natural Water Retention Measures and want to get an overview of what’s possible with Natural Water Retention Measures on your farm and how it can be done. It has with excellent images and serves as an introductory g … |
Number of pages: 32 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
3D buffer strips: designed to deliver more for the environment. Environment Agency (Eng), (2020), 69 pgs. | This technical evidence report focuses on the riparian environment and is focused on water quality (although some of the metrics cover flooding). The report considers how we can improve the effectiveness of riparian buffer zone. The project assesses th … |
Number of pages: 69 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Engineering with Nature: An Atlas version 2. US corp Eng. (2021), 342 pgs. | A very visual and inspiring atlas that showcases 62 Nature-Based Solutions type projects internationally. The atlas covers both catchment and coastal measures and is designed to be accessble to a wide range of stakeholders. It was developed by the Engi … |
Number of pages: 342 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Engineering with Nature: An Atlas version 1. US corp Eng.,(2018), 280 pgs. | A very visual and inspiring atlas that showcases 56 Nature-Based Solutions type projects internationally. The atlas covers both catchment and coastal measures and is designed to be accessble to a wide range of stakeholders. It was developed by the Engi … |
Number of pages: 280 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Navigating Your Route to Nature-based Solutions. SEFARI (2021), 2 pgs. | This is a short overview of the Evaluating Nature-Based Solutions project. It offers a very useful short summary and identifies the best assessment framework for assessing the benefits and disbenefits of a Nature-Based Solutions scheme. |
Number of pages: 2 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Evaluating Nature-based Solutions: A Synthesis. Pakeman et al., (2021), 56 pgs. | This is a useful document if you are looking for an assessment framework (for potential benefits and disbenefits) for an Nature-Based Solutions project. This project searched for potential assessment frameworks and carried out a two-stage process to id … |
Number of pages: 56 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Moderating extremes in water availability: a review of the role of functioning wetlands. Hare et al., (2022), 52 pgs. | This is a comprehsive evidence review of wetlands relavant to the Scottish context. It reviews a number of wetland types and sets out the evidence levels behind them. The overall aim of the document was to review the role of functioning wetlands in mod … |
Number of pages: 52 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence. Ogilvy et al., (2022), 155 pgs. | Riverwoods is a Scottish initiative aiming to promote healthy and resilient river systems across Scotland. This evidence review aims to provide a broad indication of the most up-to-date scientific evidence underpinning the environmental benefits that r … |
Number of pages: 155 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems: A Practical Design and Build Guide for Scotland’s Farmers and Landowners. Duffy, A. et al., (2016), 57 pgs. | Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems (Rural SuDS) are a type of Nature-Based Solutions approach. They aim to reduce agricultural diffuse pollution impacts as they are physical barriers that treat rainfall runoff. This guide helps with selecting, designin … |
Number of pages: 57 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Runoff Storage. CIRIA, (2022), 1 pg. | This one page overview pullout forms part of the CIRIA Natural Flood Management manual. Specifically this advanced technical guidance sheet was developed for runoff storage measures. |
Number of pages: 1 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Runoff Management. CIRIA (2022), 1 pg. | This one page overview pullout forms part of the CIRIA Natural Flood Management manual. Specifically this advanced technical guidance sheet was developed for runoff management measures. |
Number of pages: 1 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Leaky Barrier. CIRCA (2022), 1 pg. | This one page overview pullout forms part of the CIRIA Natural Flood Management manual. Specifically this advanced technical guidance sheet was developed for leaky barrier measures. |
Number of pages: 1 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Floodplain reconnection. CIRIA (2022) 1 pg. | This one page overview pullout forms part of the CIRIA Natural Flood Management manual. Specifically this advanced technical guidance sheet was developed for floodplain reconnection measures. |
Number of pages: 1 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
The natural flood management manual. CIRIA (2022), 422 pgs. | This manual presents a step by step overview for delivering an Natural Flood Management project. It was developed for UK practitioners, however, some of the technical guidance is applicable to Ireland. It covers issues such as problem idenficiation, fu … |
Number of pages: 423 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Natural Flood Management handbook. Forbes et al., (2015), 142 pgs. | Detailed handbook for people who want to know in-depth about Natural Flood Management – from the concept, over different measures to modelling approaches. The 2015 Nature-based approach to flood management Handbook from the Scottish Environmental Prote … |
Number of pages: 142 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Working with Natural Processes evidence directory – modelling tools and processes. Environment Agency (Eng), (2018). | This excel spreadsheet tool complements the Environment Agency (England) Working With Natural Processes evidence directory. It gives information on the modelling processes behind each measure. |
Number of pages: 0 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
Working with Natural Processes evidence directory – runoff cases. Environment Agency (Eng), 2018. | This collection of case studies complements the Environment Agency (England) Working With Natural Processes evidence directory. The focus of these case studies is on “soil and runoff management” measures, although not all cases are focused solely on th … |
Number of pages: 0 | Document type:CASE STUDY | Click Here |
Working with Natural Processes evidence directory – woodland cases. Environment Agency (Eng), 2018. | This collection of case studies complements the Environment Agency (England) Working With Natural Processes evidence directory. The focus of these case studies is on “woodland” measures, although not all cases are focused solely on these measures. The … |
Number of pages: 0 | Document type:CASE STUDY | Click Here |
Working with Natural Processes evidence directory – river and floodplain cases. Environment Agency (Eng), 2018. | This collection of case studies complements the Environment Agency (England) Working With Natural Processes evidence directory. The focus of these case studies is on “River and Floodplain” measures, although not all cases are focused solely on these me … |
Number of pages: 0 | Document type:CASE STUDY | Click Here |
Nature Based Solutions Handbook. ThinkNature, (2019), 226 pgs. | This handbook was devloped by the EU funded ThinkNature project. The handbook promotes knowledge regarding Nature-Based Solutions, helps support the implementation of measures and sets out a comprehensive |
Number of pages: 226 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for flood management. US corp Eng., (2021), 1020 pgs. | This detailed guidelines document (led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and developed by authors from ten countries) provides practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construc … |
Number of pages: 1020 | Document type:REPORT | Click Here |
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