Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England
Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1753-318x.2009.01031.x
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发表时间：
2009-09
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Helena Posthumus;Joe Morris;Tim Hess;Duncan Neville;Ed Phillips;Adam Baylis
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作者：
Helena Posthumus;Joe Morris;Tim Hess;Duncan Neville;Ed Phillips;Adam Baylis
2007年夏天的异常降雨在英格兰部分地区造成了大范围的洪水。虽然人们的注意力正确地集中在对人口稠密的城市地区的影响上，但大片农村土地受到洪水的严重影响。夏季洪水对农业的破坏尤其严重。本文介绍了2007年夏季洪涝灾害对农业影响的评价结果。园艺部门遭受了巨大的经济损失。由于洪水和相关的农田内涝，耕地农民遭受了农作物损失或减产的直接损失。牲畜养殖户遭受了间接损失，增加了牲畜的住房和饲养成本。虽然农业的总成本与城市洪水成本相比很小，但在单个农场规模上，它们通常很大。这些影响应该在未来的洪水风险管理战略中得到适当的承认。
Exceptional rainfall during the summer of 2007 caused widespread flooding in parts of England. While the focus of attention has been correctly placed on the impact on densely populated urban areas, large tracts of rural land were seriously affected by flooding. Summer flooding is particularly damaging to farming. This paper presents the results from an evaluation of the impacts of the summer 2007 flood events on agriculture. High financial losses were incurred in the horticultural sector. Arable farmers incurred direct losses in the form of crop loss or yield reduction due to flooding and associated waterlogging of fields. Livestock farmers incurred indirect losses in the form of additional housing and feeding costs for livestock. Although total costs to agriculture were small compared with urban flood costs, they were typically large at the individual farm scale. Such impacts should be properly acknowledged in future strategies for flood risk management.