Including 6 closely related terms such as floods, flood prevention, and flood prevention.
…, roundabouts, hospital grounds, school grounds, churchyards, trails and public open spaces. This ‘Urban Green Infrastructure’ can be strategically managed and improved for the benefit of all our natural resources: nature/biodiversity, air/pollution, water/flood prevention, tranquillity/noise reduction. The main urban areas within the County Borough extend from Merthyr Tydfil town southwards…
… objectives, for example: to mitigate pollution impacts; to help to mitigating for the effects of droughts and floods (see Merthyr Tydfil Flood Risk Management Strategy and also the Water Framework Directive). From 7th January 2019, all new developments of more than a single dwelling house or where the construction footprint is 100m2 or more will require Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS…
… are important for a wide variety of wildlife, particularly birds, mammals, plants and invertebrates. In addition, they can help to minimise flood activity, noise and air pollution. Ffridd Ffridd is a widespread habitat type found throughout Wales and is found between the managed lowlands and the uplands at altitudes between 100m and 450m. This transitional zone is extremely diverse…
…) for surface water (according to Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010). As a result of this, new opportunities to create biologically diverse water management have arisen. Good SuDS design can create shelter, food, foraging and breeding opportunities for a range of species and contribute to an increase in biodiversity within MTCB. Mineral habitat The geology of Merthyr Tydfil has…
… the impacts of water abstraction (particularly the major upstream reservoirs), pollution and siltation. The reedbeds of Parc Taf Bargod support regionally important numbers of breeding and overwintering water birds, grass snake and dragonfly species. New opportunities to create biologically diverse water management have arisen through the implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010…