Extreme Weather : Somerset Flooding / Pumpkin TV (Firm).

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lary, Banning K., producer.

Pumpkin TV (Firm)

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology--History.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (28 min., 31 sec.)) : color and sound.

Other Title:

Somerset Flooding

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Pumpkin TV (Firm), [2016]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In the winter of 2013/2014 the UK was hit by a succession of 13 low-pressure weather systems causing extreme flooding across the South West. This program looks at the human and physical causes of the floods and explores the impacts on property and lives through the first hand accounts of local residents and businesses. It also assesses examples of both hard and soft engineering and shows how they are being used to improve resilience to future flood events. Dredging, pumping, tidal barriers and catchment sensitive farming are all considered.

Contents:

Somerset Flooding Introduction and Causes (1:16)

Low Pressure Systems (3:05)

Somerset Topography (2:59)

Human Activity: Draining the Somerset Levels (3:38)

Human Activity: Changing Practices in Farming (3:07)

Impacts of the Somerset Floods (4:10)

Responses to the Somerset Floods (4:10)

Upstream Flood Reduction Measures (2:14)

Reducing Agricultural Runoff (3:17)

Credits: Extreme Weather: Somerset Flooding (0:29)

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 22, 2015).

Title from distributor's description (Infobase, July 2, 2016)

OCLC:

956352040

Publisher Number:

115861 Infobase