Dr Megan Klaar
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Areas of expertise
- natural flood management; hydroecology; extreme hydrological events; water resource management; ecology-hydrology-geomorphology linkages
- Phone
- +44 (0) 113 343 3376
- Location
- Garstang 10.32
- Faculty
- Faculty of Environment
- School
- School of Geography
- Faculty profile link
- https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/staff/1060/dr-megan-klaar
- NFM
- water@leeds Natural Flood Management group
Research Interests
- The use of instream Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions to reduce flood risk, including the use of environmental tracers to monitor the effectiveness of NFM techniques
- The role of instream wood in the creation of hydraulic and geomorphic development and promotion of biogeochemical hotspots in improving river and ground water quality
- The use of hydroecological evidence to improve water resource management policies
- The influence of extreme hydrological events on geomorphology and ecology, including community and landform resilience and recovery