Subjects:

Environmental Law

Contents:

The Objectives of Flood Defence and Land Drainage

The History of Flood Defence and Land Drainage

Private Rights and Duties

Institutional Responsibilities (encompassing the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Environment Agency, Local Authorities and Internal Drainage Boards)

Coastal Protection

Watercourses Sewerage and Land Drainage

Highway Drainage

The Planning System and Flood control

Environmental and Conservation Impacts

Flood Warnings and Avoidance

Activities Information and Insurance Provisions

The Future: Sustainable Drainage

The combination of unprecedented rainfall and environmental fears about long-term climatic change have placed the legal provisions and administrative responsibilities concerning floods and land drainage under new scrutiny.

The purpose of this book is to examine these issues in a topical context and provide an account of the law which will be of value to those with relevant responsibilities and which is accessible to property owners for whom the operation of the law raises a series of vitally important practical issues.