Community engagement with Its flood history, understanding risk

A project aiming to increase community flood engagement on the lower Severn floodplain.

From:
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
Published
17 February 2021
Category:
Increasing resilience to flooding
Topics:
Citizen science, Climate change, Community participation, Community response and resilience, Flood risk assessment, Understanding physical processes
Project status:
Completed
Project code:
SC040030
Date of completion:
31 March 2007

Documents

External link - University of Gloucestershire environmental dynamics ans governance

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Details

This project aimed to encourage community flood engagement. It was based on the lower Severn floodplain and attempted to increase the local community’s involvement with flood history.

The project aimed to:

  • improve the community’s understanding of flood science
  • enhance planning for future flood incidents
  • develop best practice through the Lower Severn Community Flood Forum

This project ran from 2004 to 2007.

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Published 17 February 2021
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