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A guide to help coastal managers choose, design, build and maintain coastal defences.
Capturing, calculating and analysing data on the economic costs of flooding
This project presents the results of the first nationwide analysis of the performance of flood forecasting models.
A worked example which compares results for assessing flood risk using the new method to those obtained using processes set out in earlier guidance.
The opportunities for improved flood warnings and new operational guidelines for rainfall modelling at ungauged locations.
Supports flood and coastal erosion risk management practitioners by explaining the need for sediment budget analysis.
The research examines how building a group of competent surveyors can encourage the wider adoption of property level protection as a way of managing flood risk.
The project provides practitioners, who need to undertake integrated risk assessments, with updated guidance and current best practice.
Provides comprehensive information on the development and use of flood storage reservoirs.
Research exploring the Extreme Rainfall Alert (ERA) service and the relationship between ERAs and surface water flooding.
Provides watercourse managers in flood risk management operating authorities with a framework to help inform decisions on when and how to manage vegetation.
A new guide on the assessment and management of blockage in watercourses.
A study to investigate how property values respond to coastal erosion as erosion progresses.
Research showing that flood risk asset inspections can be targeted to need and interventions can be timed relative to the risk of expensive asset failure.
Research to help develop a policy on flood vulnerability and recovery and improve infrastructure and community resilience to future flood events.
Research addressing the need for realistic planning scenarios that account for the risk of widespread flooding across England and Wales
BeST (Benefits of SuDS Tool) is used to evaluate the benefits and overall performance of sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS).
This project provides evidence of current approaches to managing groundwater flood risk across England.
An approach to help identify and quantify the financial, social and environmental benefits of sustainable drainage systems and natural flood management.
The project provides an economic assessment of the role, effectiveness and the costs and benefits of property level flood protection.
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