Flood Risk & Drainage
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The 1953 floods led to a dramatic re-think on flood defences to protect London and in 1966 the Thames Barrier programme began
establish where they need to improve to have a better and more consist approach to management.
To improve strategic overviews and allow decisions on the issuing of severe flood warnings, identifying where resources are most effectively deployed, and understanding the scale of any evacuation. The risk information from this strategic overview will be displayed using visualisation that will be flexible enough to deliver displays for various levels of detail during an incident response.
The review will also examine how the EA can best work with frame- work contractors, according to their capabilities, in managing the recovery, clean up and repair work.
How the use of satelite technology and aerial imagery can be utilised during an event and the use of flood maps in advance showing potential flood areas. This will assist in any evacuation planning, recovery, repair and clean-up. This has been identified as good practise in some areas and could be used more widely in selected high flood risk areas.
This project is linking to the East Coast Flood Group, which has been established for 3 years and is co-ordinating work with all the Local resilience Forums that help in the forming and development of policy.
Have We Learned Lessons?
Flooding experts from the UK and abroad gathered to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1953 floods in a reception held by CIWEM and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Frank Heemskerk of Royal HaskoningDHV said that the Dutch have changed their approach in recent years, “We now focus on working with water and nature instead of against it. This means creating opportunities by combining multiple functions when designing flood defences.”
“It is important that we continue to invest in appropriate levels of flood defence works in the future. However, of equal importance is building the flood resilience of our communities. Flood forecasts are not universally embedded in the day to day life of all communities at risk of flooding, and in too many cases, communities do not even realise that they are at risk. Our buildings and infrastructure are also not always designed to resist flooding and more can be done to make them flood resistant – in much the same way that we have made buildings more energy efficient. We have yet to learn that building resilience against floods must be at the heart of any future flood risk management strategy,”
Professor David Balmforth, CIWEM Fellow, ICE vice president and chair of the Inter-Institutional Flooding Group,
Environment Minister, Richard Benyon
Integrated solutions are especially important said Heemskerk, as the number of people at risk of flooding has increased significantly since 1953
David Rooke MBE,
Environment Agency Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management
“Risk has increased with development in flood plains,”
He expressed particular concern over caravans and mobile homes now at risk in the UK. He said that overall, the UK now has much stronger defences to a much higher standard of protection.
the UK is better prepared than ever to respond to major flooding, but encouraged residents to sign up for advance flood alerts, “Today, people have a much better chance to protect their lives, loved ones and possessions and stay safe by signing up for the Environment Agency flood warnings.” Minister Benyon said “We are doing all we can to protect homes and businesses from flooding, and expect to exceed our target to protect a further 145,000 properties in the four years to 2015.”
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