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:
This proposal has been drafted in response to an invitation from EPSRC, who in collaboration with the EA/Defra Joint R&D programme on Flood and Coastal Defence, UKWIR, the Scottish Office, the NI Rivers Agency and NE...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Heriot-Watt University
The project is focused on flood risk management and could provide insights on assessing collective capacity and integrating incident management.
The repeated occurrence of high profile flood events, both within the UK (e.g. Somerset Levels, 2014) and internationally (e.g. Australia and Thailand, 2011), has resulted in sustained public, commercial, political and s...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
The project aims to produce global flood hazard layers and could provide information on assessing collective capacity and integrating incident management.
Flooding has been identified by the government as the number one priority and risk to the UK. Flooding already causes millions of pounds worth of damage to people's homes, infrastructure and the economy every year, and i...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
The project specifically addresses the question by developing a platform for flood risk assessment and management in the context of climate change.