Sustainable catchment-wide flood management: A review of the terminology and application of sustainable catchment flood management techniques in the UK

C Lashford, T Lavers, S Reaney, S Charlesworth… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change has seen increased pressures put on the existing ageing flood mitigation
infrastructure. As a result, over recent decades there has been a shift from traditional hard …

Rapid carbon accumulation at a saltmarsh restored by managed realignment exceeded carbon emitted in direct site construction

HL Mossman, N Pontee, K Born, C Hill, PJ Lawrence… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Increasing attention is being paid to the carbon sequestration and storage services provided
by coastal blue carbon ecosystems such as saltmarshes. Sites restored by managed …

[HTML][HTML] Invited perspectives: Managed realignment as a solution to mitigate coastal flood risks–optimizing success through knowledge co-production

M Schuerch, HL Mossman, HE Moore… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Nature-based solutions are increasingly suggested for mitigating coastal flood risks in the
face of climate change. Managed realignment (MR), a coastal adaptation strategy that …

Evolution of wetlands in the northern part of the Po Delta: The experience of unmanaged realignments

R Brunetta, P Ciavola - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is increasingly recognised that nature‐based solutions in coastal ecosystems provide
significant services compared to hard engineering measures. Several restoration projects …

Managed realignment to mitigate storm-induced flooding: A case study in La Faute-sur-mer, France

JR Huguet, X Bertin, G Arnaud - Coastal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Storm-induced coastal flooding is among the most destructive natural disasters while climate
change together with increased populations along the coast will enhance the associated …

Computational modelling of the impacts of saltmarsh management interventions on hydrodynamics of a small macro-tidal estuary

WG Bennett, TJ van Veelen, TP Fairchild… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Saltmarshes are considered as natural coastal defences. However, owing to the large
context dependency, there is much discussion over their effectiveness in providing coastal …

Creek systems in restored coastal wetlands: Morphological evolution and design implications

C Chirol, N Pontee, SL Gallop, CEL Thompson… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Saltmarsh restoration such as managed realignment (MR) projects often include excavation
of simplified tidal creek networks to improve drainage and marsh functioning, but their …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical Modelling of the Hydrodynamics Driven by Tidal Flooding of the Land Surface After Dyke Breaching

RA Burns, RP Mulligan, M Elliott, D van Proosdij… - Nature-Based …, 2025 - Elsevier
Managed dyke realignment is a method of creating more coastal wetland environments, by
breaching constructed dykes (levees) to allow seawater driven by tides to flood the land …

Nearfield erosion at the steart marshes (UK) managed realignment scheme following opening

NI Pontee, B Serato - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The ingress and egress of water from managed realignment sites in macrotidal estuaries
commonly causes erosion at the breaches and the formation of channels across the fronting …

Rapid carbon accumulation at a saltmarsh restored by managed realignment far exceeds carbon emitted in site construction

HL Mossman, N Pontee, K Born, PJ Lawrence, S Rae… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Increasing attention is being paid to the carbon sequestration and storage services provided
by coastal blue carbon ecosystems such as saltmarshes. Sites restored by managed …