Climate change is increasing the threat of flooding. We have already committed to reducing the risk of harm from flooding through improving resilience, expanding the use of natural flood management, and putting in place more sustainable drainage systems. To achieve this outcome we need a strong evidence base which can help us optimise our approaches to achieve resilience and maximise the use of natural methods where they work.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Coastal hazards pose a significant risk to people, property, and infrastructure worldwide and in the UK. For example, over 1.8 million homes are at risk of coastal flooding and erosion in England alone and coastal floodi...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
The project directly addresses the question by studying coastal hazards, their impact on flooding and erosion, and how these hazards will respond to climate change and coastal management, including the use of natural processes.
Coastal Flooding by Extreme Events (CoFEE) Over the next 100 years sea level will rise and there may be more severe storms. This will increase the coastal flooding risk to property, businesses, industry, roads and rail n...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool
The project specifically addresses the question by investigating the impact of climate change on coastal flooding and assessing the risks of allowing coastal flooding to occur.
Flooding is now a major problem worldwide. Recognition of this resulted in funders of flood risk management in the UK pooling resources to jointly fund the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium (FRMRC), from 2004 unt...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Heriot-Watt University
The project focuses on flood risk management, but does not directly address the question of understanding future flood and coastal erosion risk.