Rivers & wetlands:

Ongoing Research

Here is some information about the research that is currently happening that can be applied to some aspect of the River Trent; perhaps its formation, its history, or current land uses and pressures.

New research is important as gives us a better understanding of how our rivers work, so that we can improve the way we look after them.

Trent Valley GeoArchaeology

The Trent Valley GeoArchaeology project is an interest group bringing together professional archaeologists, geologists, aggregate companies, environmental and statutory bodies working within the Valley of the River Trent. The group aims to promote high quality, multidisciplinary geoarchaeological research advancing the sustainable use of the Valley.
Website: www.tvg.org.uk

Where Rivers Meet: Landscape, Ritual, Settlement and the Archaeology of River Gravels

Synthesis and research at the confluence of the Trent and Tame Rivers, Staffordshire.

Field Archaeology Unit, University of Birmingham.

Website: www.arch-ant.bham.ac.uk/whereriversmeet/

Rivers, History and Representation: the Severn and Trent Valleys as Cultural Landscapes, Nottingham University

The project aims to investigate the visual culture of rivers and to consider the role of representation in the formation of geographical identity by undertaking a detailed case study of representations of the rivers Severn and Trent across a range of visual media.
Website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrc/projects/rivers/

Integrated Washland Management for Flood Defence and Biodiversity

The Institute of Water and Environmental Management, Cranfield University.

To identify the scope for simultaneously achieving flood management and biodiversity benefits in washlands, and practical ways in which this might be achieved for given washland situations.

http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/iwe/projects/washlands/