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.

  • Gauged and historical abrupt wave front floods (‘walls of water’) in Pennine rivers, northern England

    Gauged and historical abrupt wave front floods (‘walls of water’) in Pennine rivers, northern England

    • Contribution by:Archer, D., Watkiss, S., Warren, S., Lamb, R.
    • Publish date:10.04.2024

    The latest in a series of papers by David Archer and colleagues at JBA and Newcastle University, this paper explores a type of flood that can pose a danger to life and improvements that could be made to monitoring, flood estimation and forecasting.

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  • Identification of climate hazard and climate change adaptation resources

    Identification of climate hazard and climate change adaptation resources

    • Contribution by:Bromley, T., Holland, K., Evans, K., Rees, C., Pearson, G., Prouse, L.
    • Publish date:08.02.2024

    This report identifies resources and methodologies for safeguarding heritage sites against climate change impacts. Highlighting available tools, information gaps, and the need for accessible solutions tailored to diverse stakeholders. It underscores Historic England's critical role in leading resilience efforts by informing, assessing risks, and promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing within the heritage sector.

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  • Synergistic use of Sentinel-2 and UAV-derived data for plant fractional cover distribution mapping of coastal meadows with digital elevation models

    Synergistic use of Sentinel-2 and UAV-derived data for plant fractional cover distribution mapping of coastal meadows with digital elevation models

    • Contribution by:Joyce, C.B.
    • Publish date:19.03.2024

    This study uses Sentinel-2 and UAV data to map plant fractional cover in coastal meadows. Combining vegetation indices with digital elevation models improves prediction accuracy, aiding in ecosystem management and conservation

    • Tags: Ecology
    • Published by:Biogeosciences
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  • Modelling non-stationary flood frequency in England and Wales using physical covariates

    Modelling non-stationary flood frequency in England and Wales using physical covariates

    • Contribution by:Faulkner, D and Warren, S
    • Publish date:23.01.2024

    This research explores how and why to include physical variables as covariates in statistical models of flood frequency. It also develops and illustrates methods for extracting flow estimates from such models so that practitioners can obtain useful results.

    • Tags: Hydrology
    • Published by:Hydrology Research
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  • Prioritising climate risks for spatial assessment

    Prioritising climate risks for spatial assessment

    • Contribution by:Pearson, G., Bromley, T., Maslen, S.
    • Publish date:24.11.2023

    This paper provides a better understanding of which risks could benefit from a spatial perspective in CCRA4-IA. Although the impacts of climate change and the effectiveness of adaptation measures are geography dependent, the benefits of a risk assessment vary by risk. This is due to the nature of the risk, dataset availability and/or analytical capability.

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  • Towards new design rainfall profiles for the United Kingdom

    Towards new design rainfall profiles for the United Kingdom

    • Contribution by:Dale, M., Faulkner, D.
    • Publish date:25.10.2023

    JBA authors contributed to this work led by Newcastle University. The research details Important findings about rainfall profiles used for design of drainage infrastructure, flood defences and dams.

    • Tags: Hydrology
    • Published by:Journal of Flood Risk Management
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  • How do climate change pathway assumptions effect economic viability and prioritisation of flood projects?

    How do climate change pathway assumptions effect economic viability and prioritisation of flood projects?

    • Contribution by:Hankin, B., Sampson, T.
    • Publish date:11.09.2023

    This paper explores the influence of how climate change pathway assumptions effect the economic appraisal and prioritisation of flood projects. We focus on flood hydrology assumptions and use anonymised case studies to demonstrate the possible effects. The paper shows how hydrology has a strong influence on economic appraisal with climate change.

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  • Illustrating the value of presenting NERC NFM programme findings as effective volumes at flood peaks, flood damages avoided and learning on soil as an NFM tool

    Illustrating the value of presenting NERC NFM programme findings as effective volumes at flood peaks, flood damages avoided and learning on soil as an NFM tool

    • Contribution by:Hankin, B.
    • Publish date:31.08.2023

    A report on cross-programme research to bring together findings using common metrics by teams at Lancaster University, University of Manchester, University of Reading and JBA Consulting working on the effectiveness of Natural Flood Management (i.e., Nature-based Solutions for reducing flood peaks) within the United Kingdom.

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