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EPSRC Reference: EP/K013661/1
Title: Delivering and evaluating multiple flood risk benefits
Principal Investigator: Thorne, Professor CR
Other Investigators:
Haynes, Dr H Lamond, Professor J Smith, Professor LA
Wright, Professor N Kilsby, Professor C Guan, Professor D
Fenner, Professor R White, Professor S
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Department: Sch of Geography
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Scheme: IDEAS Factory Sandpits
Starts: 01 February 2013 Ends: 30 April 2016 Value (£): 1,434,824
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Coastal & Waterway Engineering
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Water
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Summary

New strategies for managing urban flood risk are required, necessitating radical changes in the ways cities are managed, planned and developed. Previous research has identified multiple options and measures for future urban flood risk management that align with more general targets for water centric, sustainable communities. However, it remains unclear how these options and measures can be:

(1) delivered in practice, and;

(2) comprehensively evaluated in terms of their benefits and costs.

Recognising this, the project proposed here will develop novel ways of driving new, resilient urban forms and fabrics through delivering measures to manage flood events sustainably while enhancing urban life; providing scope for radical solutions under new build; and, realising possibilities for improving existing performance through retrofit and urban renewal.

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