Flood Risk Management: Research and Practice potx

[...]... policy and practice, and ranged from long-term planning, emergency management and post -flood recovery The theme of the conference is research into practice and we hope that much of the research discussed at FLOODrisk 2008 will improve the scientific evidence and practice in the actions of the Floods Directive in Europe and find application worldwide It is our pleasure to welcome you to the FLOODrisk... philosophy of flood control to the acceptance that flood risks should be managed FLOODrisk 2008 marks the completion of some substantial research projects: • FLOODsite—an Integrated Project in the EC Sixth Framework Programme • The first phase of the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium • The first common call of the CRUE ERA-NET FLOODsite is the largest ever EC research project on floods, and will... flash floods in Worcester F Visser 279 Risk and economic assessments Flood risk mapping of Austrian railway lines A Schöbel, A.H Thieken & R Merz 283 Correlation in time and space: Economic assessment of flood risk with the Risk Management Solutions (RMS) UK River Flood Model D Lohmann, S Eppert, A Hilberts, C Honegger & A Steward-Menteth A case study of the Thames Gateway: Flood risk, planning policy and. .. programme of “cutting edge” research to enhance flood risk management practice worldwide; XIX • short-term delivery of tools and techniques to support short term improvements in flood risk management in the United Kingdom; and, • development and training of the next generation of flood risk management professionals through their involvement in and exposure to the consortium’s research The FRMRC involved... Union which will affect flood risk management in all EU Member States On the 26th November 2007 the European Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks was enacted This will be transposed into national legislation in each Member State within 2 years and sets out a set of actions on preliminary flood risk assessment, flood risk mapping and the preparation of flood risk management plans... environmental, ecological and socio-economic aspects of floods from rivers, estuaries and the sea In this volume there are papers on many aspects of the FLOODsite project The Flood Risk Management Research Consortium (FRMRC) was established in the UK by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to undertake an integrated programme of research to support effective flood risk management by •... 146 148 Underpinning flood risk management: A digital terrain model for the 21st century M Stileman & D Henderson 150 Integrated land and water management in floodplains in England H Posthumus, J.R Rouquette, J Morris, T.M Hess, D.J Gowing & Q.L Dawson 151 X Putting people and places at the centre: Improving institutional and social responses to flooding C Twigger-Ross, A Fernandez-Bilbao, L Colbourne,... 168 Double whammy? Are the most at risk the least aware? A study of environmental justice and awareness of flood risk in England and Wales J.L Fielding 169 Improving public safety in the United States – from Federal protection to shared flood risk reduction E.J Hecker, L.J Zepp & J.R Olsen 170 Evaluating the benefits and limitations of property based flood resistance and resilience – a UK perspective... together in identifying research topics and jointly tendering, commissioning, monitoring and evaluating research projects The scientific advances from these first common call projects are presented within this volume In setting up FLOODrisk 2008 our intention was to cover flood risk management in an integrated and comprehensive way Thus the call and selection of papers covered the physical and social sciences,... ‘fair’ about flood and coastal erosion risk management? A case study evaluation of policies and attitudes in England C Johnson, S Tunstall, S Priest, S McCarthy & E Penning-Rowsell 258 Flood risk perceptions in the Dutch province of Zeeland: Does the public still support current policies? J Krywkow, T Filatova & A van der Veen 259 A partnership approach – public flood risk management and private insurance .