Who are the drainage basin and floodplain stakeholders and how do they have an impact on eachother?
• What happens when one agency takes the lead role for management? Key concepts: Physical processes Interdependence Place Space Human processes Who are the drainage basin and floodplain stakeholders and how do they have an impact on eachother? Different groups of people who live or work alongside a river or in a drainage basin will have different priorities, and will use the river for different purposes. Sometimes user groups may be in conflict, with their activities having a negative impact on the activities or enjoyment of others. In addition, some activities may actually increase the risk that a river will flood. Some examples are listed below: • Homeowners: if they pave over their gardens to make a parking space they will make flooding worse as water cannot soak away. This makes things worse for everyone (this could equally apply to pub car parks!) • Farmers: if they remove trees or hedgerows then rain-water cannot be caught (intercepted). This allows more water to reach the ground
