Development of economic appraisal methods for flood management and coastal erosion protection

A project improving the accuracy of benefit assessments for appraising coastal defence and flood alleviation works.

Documents

Development of economic appraisal methods for flood management and coastal erosion protection - final report (176 KB) PDF

Development of economic appraisal methods for flood management and coastal erosion protection - technical report 1 (4 MB) PDF

Development of economic appraisal methods for flood management and coastal erosion protection - technical report 2 (889 KB) PDF

Development of economic appraisal methods for flood management and coastal erosion protection - technical report 3 (2 MB) PDF

Development of economic appraisal methods for flood management and coastal erosion protection - technical summary (67 KB) PDF

Updated PAG3 spreadsheets guidance report - project record (571 KB) PDF

Data sources and assumptions statement - project record (1 MB) PDF

The damage reducing effects of flood warnings: appendix questionnaire - project record (1 MB) PDF

Development of economic appraisal methods - revised PAG3 spreadsheet 1 (872 KB) EXCEL

Development of economic appraisal methods - revised PAG3 spreadsheet 2 (930 KB) EXCEL

Development of economic appraisal methods - revised PAG3 spreadsheet 3 (986 KB) EXCEL

Development of economic appraisal methods - revised PAG3 spreadsheet 4 (930 KB) EXCEL

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Details

This project represents the second phase of research and development to update the Flood Hazard Research Centre’s (FHRC) previous flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) manuals.

This project reassesses the non-residential property flood damage database and consolidates earlier research to deliver a revised flood defence appraisal manual. This updates current flood defence practices as set out in the ‘HM Treasury Green Book’. It incorporates key results from newly completed research on human-related, intangible impacts and public awareness.

This project will help to ensure that benefit assessments for appraising coastal defence and flood alleviation works are more accurate and cost effective than they have been. This is achieved by delivering a modified version of the datasets for calculating the benefits of flood alleviation and erosion control.

The outcomes of this research will be significant to Defra and the flood risk management industry.

This project ran from 2003 to 2005 at a cost of £317,074.

Updates to this page

Published 17 February 2021