Flooding and media storms - controversies over farming and upland land-use in the UK.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Sylw/Dadl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yn: Land Use Policy, Cyfrol 58, Rhif December, 58, 15.12.2016, t. 533–536.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Sylw/Dadl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - Flooding and media storms - controversies over farming and upland land-use in the UK.
AU - Wynne-Jones, Sophie
PY - 2016/12/15
Y1 - 2016/12/15
N2 - This viewpoint considers the impacts of media coverage of last winter’s flooding upon the farming community and the implications for their role as key partners in the delivery of landscape changes necessary to address flooding. The paper focuses on the experiences of the Pontbren farmers in Mid Wales, whose land is the site of a much-referenced study on the benefits of tree planting to address flood risk. It is argued that media sensationalism, and in many instances conflation of the science around this issue, has served to undermine good-will and engagement from farmers. Consequently, this viewpoint emphasises the importance of highlighting synergies as starting points for dialogue; as is the case when negotiating all forms of landscape multifunctionality.
AB - This viewpoint considers the impacts of media coverage of last winter’s flooding upon the farming community and the implications for their role as key partners in the delivery of landscape changes necessary to address flooding. The paper focuses on the experiences of the Pontbren farmers in Mid Wales, whose land is the site of a much-referenced study on the benefits of tree planting to address flood risk. It is argued that media sensationalism, and in many instances conflation of the science around this issue, has served to undermine good-will and engagement from farmers. Consequently, this viewpoint emphasises the importance of highlighting synergies as starting points for dialogue; as is the case when negotiating all forms of landscape multifunctionality.
U2 - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.007
DO - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.007
M3 - Comment/debate
VL - 58
SP - 533
EP - 536
JO - Land Use Policy
JF - Land Use Policy
SN - 0264-8377
IS - December
M1 - 58
ER -