Research
Shaping resilience through collaborative research
Working collaboratively with colleagues, fellow industry academics, universities and non-profit organisations, we’re highlighting significant research papers, reports and technical guidance documents that are helping to shape the way we build resilience to climate change.
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Reservoir flood estimation: the way ahead
- Contribution by:Faulkner, D., Benn, J.
- Publish date:04.12.2019
This paper calls for a comprehensive update to hydrological procedures used for the design and assessment of dam spillways and led to a national research project which was completed in 2022.
- Tags: Asset Management Hydrology
- Published by:Dams and Reservoirs
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Can we still predict the future from the past? Implementing non-stationary flood frequency analysis in the UK
- Contribution by:Faulkner, D., Warren, S.
- Publish date:03.12.2019
This paper calls for the adoption of a new approach to flood frequency analysis when planning and designing defences. The publication of this guidance led to a national-scale project, completed in 2020.
- Tags: Flood Resilience Hydrology
- Published by:Journal of Flood Risk Management
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Modelling the clustering of extreme events for short-term risk assessment
- Contribution by:Lamb, R.
- Publish date:28.08.2019
This research addresses an important question: how much more likely are we to see another flood in the aftermath of a flood?
- Tags: Flood Resilience Hydrology
- Published by:Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
