How can we ensure appropriate availability and uptake of insurance to achieve better outcomes?
Background
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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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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SRP-IF: Open access global flood hazard layers.
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
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to produce global flood hazard layers and provide open access to them, which can help achieve better outcomes by optimizing approaches to achieve resilience and maximize the use of natural methods.
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INTER-ACTION - 'Defining how we can act together to manage insurable risk'
The UK is impacted by a variety of natural hazards such as flooding and strong winds; Storm Desmond in early December 2015 is a recent illustration of this. Regulation (e.g. building codes), government response (e.g. the...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: Loughborough University
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Urban Flood Resilience: through dataset integration
Recent flooding has laid bare the vulnerability of urban areas and buildings. In the winter of 2013/14 there was an insured loss of over £1bn, with much more being spent by local authorities and government to recov...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on urban flood resilience and dataset integration, providing a strong evidence base to optimize approaches and achieve resilience.