Case studies and guidance about coastal defence schemes involving local funding
The project looked at examples of coastal schemes involving multiple objectives and funders, and produced guidance on best practice.
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Approach
This project informed the debate on how finance from central government might be supplemented by letting local organisations contribute to reducing the risk of flood and coastal erosion.
It provided evidence to support Defra’s ‘Making Space for Water’ strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM). The project looked at examples of coastal projects and schemes in three categories:
- schemes with many objectives
- schemes involving many different organisations and sources of funding
- comprehensive schemes with many objectives, organisations and sources of funding
For each case study the project assessed the benefits it brought against its costs.
The case studies included examples of all types of flood risk management approaches, from building new defences to maintaining and assessing existing ones. This also included transferring the ownership of flood defences to landowners where the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) has suggested that no active intervention is required.
Outcome
The outputs of this project will include a structured database of coastal projects and schemes with multiple objectives and / or funders, and a detailed technical report. These will include commentary on lessons learnt and guidance on handling such schemes. This guidance, produced by this project, covers topics such as the legal approach to developing flood defence schemes. It also covers best practice in creating partnerships / collaborations between organisations and key stakeholders for providing funding.
The project started in 2009 and was completed in 2010 at a cost of £94,250.