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PublicationsRecent SNIFFER flood risk management research publicationsLinks to project summaries from recently published SNIFFER led flood risk management research and associated events are provided below:
----------------------------------------------------------------------- ***2010***Digital Good Practice Manual for Flood Risk Management (2010)SNIFFER has contributed funding to a series of reports published by the Environment Agency which explores ways of mitigating the effects of flood defence and land drainage schemes on rivers, lakes and coastal waters. The first report in this series covers phase 1 of the development of a Digital Good Practice Manual, providing a checklist and guidance for assessing whether a flood risk or land drainage scheme represents good environmental practice and, if not, what further mitigation measures/techniques could be used without adversely effecting the flood defence or land drainage objectives. The second report covers activities on rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters aiming to comply with requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) but without having adverse impacts on their use (and taking into account costs). The Digital Good Practice Manual is provided in a parallel report (SC060065/SR2 - Digital Good Practice Manual: Identifying mitigation measures for good and maximum ecological potential). Further information and links to reports are available from: http://www.sniffer.org.uk/Resources/WFD98/Layout_SustainableLand/9.aspx
Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act - Annual Report (May 2010) The first annual report on the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 was laid to the Scottish Parliament on May 13, 2010. Download the report at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/05/14113652/0.
Latest Defra-Environment Agency research reports (May 2010) The joint Defra/Environment Agency programme on Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management has published two new research reports:
The Appraisal of Adaptation Options in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management The aim of this project was to explore the challenges and barriers to adaptation measures for flood and coastal erosion risk management, and to identify potential means of overcoming those barriers. Specifically, the project looked at how possible adaptation options are appraised, and made recommendation for how appraisals should be carried out. The project reports and summaries are available here. Scoping the Risk Assessment Process for Small Reservoirs The aim of this project was to scope methodologies that would allow an assessment to be made of the risk posed by raised reservoirs with a capacity of less than 10,000m3. The project developed and tested three methodologies with differing levels of accuracy and costs, and reported on the most favourable method. The projects reports and summaries are available here.
Journal of Flood Risk Management - Volume 3 Issue 2 (May 2010) The latest issue of the Journal of Flood Risk Management is now available, and the contents can be viewed here. Access to all new and previously published articles is free during 2010.
Nature Reports: Re-assessing sea level (April 2010) New research by scientists based in the UK suggests sea level could rise by 0.6–1.6 metres by 2100. For more information, please see www.nature.com/climate/2010/1005/full/climate.2010.35.html. CIRIA: Flood Resilience and Resistance for Critical Infrastructure (March 2010)CIRIA project RP913 Flood resilience and resistance for critical infrastructure provides an overview of the regulatory framework and outlines the main issues now faced by the industry in this area. For more information, please visit the CIRIA website. Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D Research News (February 2010)Research News is the biannual newsletter from the Joint Defra and Environment Agency Flood and Coastal Erosion Management R & D Programme (FCERM). Access the Winter 2010 newsletter here.
Journal of Flood Risk Management - Volume 3 Issue 1 (February 2010) The latest issue of the Journal of Flood Risk Management is now available, and the contents can be viewed here. Access to all new and previously published articles is free during 2010. ***2009***SEPA publications on FloodingSEPA have a number of publications on flooding at http://www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/flooding_publications.aspx, including information for SMEs on how to prepare for flooding, and briefing notes from the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership.
Update to Project FRM10: Coastal Flooding in Scotland: A Scoping Study, in the light of the UK Climate Projections (2009) report (November 2009)The UK Climate Projections (UKCP09) report was issued on 18th June 2009 and contains a number of projections relevant for assessing coastal flooding in Scotland. This update summarises how the assessment of flood risk over 21st century in SNIFFER project FRM10 (Coastal Flooding in Scotland: A Scoping Study, Ball et al., 2008) has changed in the light of UKCP09. In particular, it looks at the projections of sea level change adjusting for land movement, projections for changes in storm surges, and projections for wave action. All are contained in the UKCP09 report ‘Marine and coastal projections’ (‘MCP’). A summary is available here. Journal of Flood Risk Management - Volume 2 Issue 4 and Virtual Special Issue on Integrated Operational Flood Management (November 2009)The eighth issue of the Journal of Flood Risk Management is now available, and the contents can be viewed here. This edition also includes a Virtual Special Issue which focuses on integrated flood risk management and operational flood management. It brings together papers from this issue and others recently published in the Journal in this particular field and will provide a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners.
Recent flooding publications available from the Environment Agency / Defra joint Flood Risk Science Programme (November 2009)Scoping study on the need for additional research and/or guidance on reservoir conduits (SC080049)The research was commissioned to review the guidance currently available to reservoir practitioners and to consider the need for further research and/or guidance on the inspection, monitoring, maintenance and repair of conduits in UK reservoirs. The specific objectives of the project were to establish:
Outputs: Scoping study on the need for additional research and/or guidance on reservoir conduits - Report http://publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/pdf/SCHO1109BRJK-e-e.pdf Scoping study on the need for additional research and/or guidance on reservoir conduits - Project Summary http://publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/pdf/SCHO1109BRJL-e-e.pdf
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Use of a hydrodynamic model to forecast floods of Kalu River in Sri Lanka K.D.W. Nandalal Published Online: 18 May 2009 DOI 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01032.x |
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Flood risk management and planning policy in a time of policy transition: the case of the Wapshott Road Planning Inquiry, Surrey, England |
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Risk-based design of flood defence systems: a preliminary analysis of the optimal protection level for the New Orleans metropolitan area |
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Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England |
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Identifying and reducing inadequacies in flood warning processes: an Australian perspective |
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Pluvial flooding: new approaches in flood warning, mapping and risk management |
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Assessing the value of mitigation strategies in reducing the impacts of rapid-onset, catastrophic floods |
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Morbidity and mortality among populations suffering floods in Hunan, China: the role of socioeconomic status |
The sixth issue of the Journal of Flood Risk Management is now available. Contents include:
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Qualitative analysis of future flood risk in the Taihu Basin, China |
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Hydrometeorological modelling for flash flood areas: the case of the 2002 Gard event in |
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Groundwater flood risk management: advances towards meeting the requirements of the EU floods directive |
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Damage and casualties modelling as part of a vulnerability assessment for tsunami hazards: a case study from Aceh, Indonesia |
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Sources of uncertainty in flood inundation maps
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The fifth issue of the Journal of Flood Risk Management is now available. The Journal aims to become the world's leading platform for knowledge sharing in flood risk management. Readers and authors come from a wide background and include hydrologists, meteorologists, geographers, geomorphologists, conservationists, civil engineers, social scientists, policy makers, insurers and practitioners. The contents of the second issue include:
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The journal can be accessed here.
AUDACIOUS is one of the projects in the EPSRC/UKCIP Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate portfolio, which aimed to:
· To set out a clear picture of the scope and interactions between the likely problems caused to the performance of existing drainage systems by climate change and urbanisation.
· To provide new procedures, computer models, and appropriate guidance to facilitate the assessment of climate change and urbanisation impacts, and the development of adaptive responses for building and local drainage systems.
· To enable and demonstrate the integrated application of these models and procedures within the wider context of drainage and urban systems.
· To establish the baseline procedures for evaluation of and adaptation to the effects of climate change on existing urban drainage and to disseminate these to a wide audience.
The final reports are available for download from http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/penninewatergroup/publications/reports2.html
This project trialed a process for identifying and delivering catchment focused remedial measures to address impacts to river habitat quality (morphology) and ecological status. The project was planned to support the prioritisation of restoration measures under the Water Framework Directive (WFD), and to inform the development of a policy framework for delivering WFD targeted restoration and remediation within Scotland.
Published reports are available to download from:
The CRUE snapshot is an annual publication from the CRUE ERA-Net Team which provides a quick, but comprehensive update on European based flood risk-related policies and recently completed research.
This synthesis report highlights some of the research results in the area of Flood Risk Management, both from EU-funded and national research. This information is recorded in CRUISE, the CRUE Information System Europe; and is supplemented in the
publication by updates on policy outcomes and other relevant issues.
For further information on the snapshot report and other publications available, visit http://www.crue-eranet.net
As part of the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium (FRMRC), the University of Newcastle has undertaken research to demonstrate an approach which could identify the most important sources of flood risk in urban areas (Phase 1, work package 4.5: system-based analysis). The findings have been published in the Journal of Hydroinformatics:
The Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics was launched on 7 February 2008. The initiative is the Scottish Governments ongoing programme to improve the availability, consistency and accessibility of small area statistics in Scotland. More details about Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics are available from http://www.sns.gov.uk/
The site is the main way in which the Scottish Government will disseminate the range of small area statistics including information on flooding. SNS provides the % of dwellings in the 1 in 200 fluvial flood risk area, 1 in 200 coastal flood risk area or in either flood risk areas. All data can be readily downloaded and subsequently analysed using excel.
The Scottish Government's Flooding Issues Advisory Committee published their final reports in October 2007. They note that action must be taken to ensure Scotland is better prepared for flooding, and call for key organisations to work together to take a more strategic approach to tackling flood risk management and to ensure communities are adequately protected from flooding. Visit http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Water/Flooding/advisory-groups/fiac/Papers to download copies of the final reports from the Main Committee, Awareness & Assistance, Avoidance and Alleviation sub-committees.
The Macaulay Institute is working on research to:
Further information and copies of publications are available at http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/projects/flood
Research published by Defra and the Environment Agency (and part funded by the Scottish Government). The software enables flood risk manageemnt and drainage practitioners, Development Control staff and researchers to estimate afflux (defined as the increase in water levels upstream of a structure or other obstruction in a water course). The software and accompanying documentation can be downloaded from www.river-conveyance.net.
Detailed information and data on the 72 Flood Prevention Schemes constructed since the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 is now available via the web with the launch of the Scottish Flood Defence Asset Database. Flood prevention practitioners and other professionals engaged in flood mitigation and prevention now have a resource that:
As the SFDAD has been compiled with information held by local authorities and the Scottish Government as a primary source, followed up by site investigations and in some cases revised modelling work to calculate the area protected by the schemes, knowledge of its contents and structure is widespread. A detailed report (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/08/20111904/0) outlining the methods employed to construct SFDAD and the main findings are available, as is a detailed user manual (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/08/20112011/0). These contain specific information on schemes with full detail contained in the database. Public access to details on a specific flood prevention schemes, are available by contacting the local authority responsible for the area where the scheme is located
This research has, in close consultation with Scottish stakeholders, developed a methodology (utilising metadata templates which would be completed by responsible parties) for collecting data after a flood event in Scotland. The proposed data collection methodology is based primarily on the storage of metadata records within a National Flood Database (NFD).
Three categories of flooding have been identified: major, moderate and nuisance. Separate triggers, actions and data collection templates have been defined for each of these categories. This report provides detailed recommendations as to the format of the methodology and responsibilities for its implementation. In addition it details the key tasks undertaken during the research and outcomes of the associated consultation with stakeholders.
Click here for a copy of the project summary. A copy of the technical final report and executive summary are available to download from www.sniffer.org.uk/search.asp - search under SNIFFER Code 'FRM07'.
Social Impacts of Flooding in Scotland (April 2007)
This report, commissioned by the Scottish Executive, presents the findings of a social research project, the aim of which was to assess the range of impacts that experience of recent flooding in Scotland has had on people, their attitudes and behaviours; and to establish "what works" with particular popluation groups and locations in relation to flood prevention campaigns and flood warning/dissemination systems. Click here to access the report.
This research aimed to assess the range of impacts that experience of recent flooding in Scotland has had on people, their attitudes and behaviours; and to establish "what works" with particular popluation groups and locations in relation to flood prevention campaigns and flood warning/dissemination systems.
Report: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/04/02121350/0
Research Findings Summary: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/04/02121332/0
New data released in reports by WWF Scotland proves that sustainable flood management, or managing floods using natural forces, is highly effective at reducing flood risk. As well as being proven in its effectiveness, natural flood management is considerably cheaper than building concrete engineered flood defences and has multiple benefits for local authorities, farmers and landowners - as well as for many of the thousands of Scots whose homes are at risk of flooding.
The results are contained in a technical flood manager's guide, 'Flood Planner: A Manual for the natural management of river floods', and an accompanying non-technical report introducing sustainable flood management, 'Slowing the Flow: a natural solution to flooding problems'. Both reports detail the techniques of Natural Flood Management applied to the River Devon in Clackmannanshire. Visit http://www.wwf.org.uk/news/scotland/n_0000003597.asp for more information.
SNIFFER has published a report entitled ‘Broad Scale Ecosystem Assessment (BSEA) Scotland Toolbox 1’ in July 2006. This research was commissioned on behalf of the Scottish Executive and undertaken by Cascade Consulting Ltd.
BSEA is a new approach for identifying and assessing ecosystem opportunities, constraints, risk and consequences for both fluvial catchment and coastal cell management, which can usefully input to the adoption of sustainable flood management policies. The toolbox has been successfully tested on the River Dee – details of the case study are available in the technical report.
As well as being of use to flood management practitioners, BSEA can be used to integrate Water Framework Directive studies. The BSEA framework could be applied to encompass the WFD ‘pressures’, with catchment objectives integrating the WFD pressures and impacts to arrive at corresponding Programmes of Measures. Furthermore, it is suggested that BSEA also provides a suitable framework for regulators tasked with controlling activities under The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) Regulations 2005 (CAR).
Copies of the technical report and executive summary are available for free download from our website at www.sniffer.org.uk/search.asp (search under ‘SNIFFER Code’ FRM02).
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