Rivers: Managing the Impacts of Floods. Hard and Soft Engineering

Pack includes a 19-slide PPT outlining the methods that can be used to minimise the impacts of river flooding.

I used this in a IGCSE lesson as part of the Rivers topic, and it could also be adapted to use in an A-Level class studying Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology.

PPT breakdown:

• key word definitions
• explanation of why people chose to live near rivers
• hard engineering flood management methods: dams, reservoir, levees, embankments, channelization. Slides includes explanations and photographs
• soft engineering flood management strategies: zoning, warning systems.
• slides include strengths and weaknesses of each approach

Pack includes Case study tasks, and the required textbook pages are included.

Pack also includes a 12 question True/False quiz that would be a useful plenary or a starter for a subsequent lesson.