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This project seeks to provide evidence of whether rollback and buy / leaseback schemes are feasible and desirable options for local authorities affected by coastal change.
Provides comprehensive information on the development and use of flood storage reservoirs.
A process of review and consultation has been used to refresh the Defra strategy for conducting research on reservoir safety.
Research investigating the shortcomings of the concept of coastal cells, and the long-term gains and losses of beach sediments around English and Welsh coastlines.
Report published. Assessment of how strategic surface water management informs Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) delivery through the planning system.
A new guide on the assessment and management of blockage in watercourses.
Understanding the costs of protecting fresh and brackish water in Natura 2000/SSSI/Ramsar sites from saline flooding and recreating the habitats in more sustainable locations.
A collection of international good practice and guidance on the design, construction, maintenance and improvement of levees (flood embankments).
This project produced a guide to understanding, avoiding and mitigating negative effects on the environment from construction in coastal areas.
Capturing, calculating and analysing data on the economic costs of flooding
This research project has developed new guidance to estimate local drainage rates when mapping and modelling surface water flood risk.
A new channel management handbook promoting good practice for flood risk management
A report investigating the lessons learnt from past dam incidents, near misses and failures and identifying good practice to avoid serious incidents in the future.
This project developed a way of giving a financial value to the health effects of flooding by incorporating it into economic appraisals of flood defence projects.
This project updated the Beach Management Manual with new case studies and guidance on managing beaches for coastal defence purposes.
New tender opportunity from the Defra floods and water programme.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Provides watercourse managers in flood risk management operating authorities with a framework to help inform decisions on when and how to manage vegetation.
Guidance on how to apply the information in the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios to flood and coastal defence, as well as recommendations for further research.
A project improving the accuracy of benefit assessments for appraising coastal defence and flood alleviation works.
This project explored how authorities work with communities on future planning and decision-making to help reduce flood and coastal erosion risk.
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