UK government plans for more extreme rainfall

Posted & filed under Blog, Community Resilience, Flood Mitigation, In The Press, National Flood Resilience Review.

8th September 2016 The UK’s new flood defence plans anticipate significantly higher extreme rainfall, after new research was published as part of the government’s National Flood Resilience review. The government, which had been criticised for not taking full account of the impact of climate change in driving up flood risk, will now plan for 20-30%… Read more »

Fears grow over danger of flooding around the UK as inquiry is shelved

Posted & filed under Blog, Flood Mitigation, In The Press, National Flood Resilience Review.

Extract from The Guardian 5th August 2016 Experts warn that time is running out to prevent similar devastation caused by last year’s floods as National Flood Resilience Review is delayed This government review, launched to pinpoint ways to prevent a repetition of last winter’s devastation, has just been postponed. The National Flood Resilience Review, chaired… Read more »

Helping to reduce flood risk in Southwell – a developer’s view

Posted & filed under Blog, Flood Mitigation.

The old Rainbow freight yard at the Burgage, Southwell provides a very good example of the opportunities presented by the redevelopment of previously-used sites in helping to tackle local flood risks. Built before modern planning laws came into place, all the hard-surfaces within this former industrial site added to the load on local drainage infrastructure,… Read more »

The Life Scientific (Radio 4) – Carolyn Roberts – 22.3.16 on “problem solving in watery places”

Posted & filed under Community Resilience, Flood Mitigation, Nottingham Trent University.

Barely a month goes by without news of another catastrophic flood somewhere in the world, like the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 or the flooding of New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina a year later, and the role of climate change is often mooted. Here in the UK this winter, flood victims were once again caught… Read more »

DEFRA and DECC publish their departmental plans 2015-2020

Posted & filed under Blog, Flood Mitigation, Flooding News.

The Defra 2015-2020 plan   Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes its departmental plan for 2015-2020, outlining priority areas in flooding, air pollution and wildlife diversity  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released its five-year plan for delivering a cleaner, healthier environment while encouraging growth and prosperity in the UK’s… Read more »