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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Briefing: Scour guidance supporting bridge resilience
- Contribution by:Kitchen, A.
- Publish date:02.06.2023
This briefing provides a short introduction to a supplement of the Ciria Manual on 'Scour at Bridges and Other Hydraulic Structures' published in 2021. The supplement captures additional knowledge since the scour manual was published in 2015.
- Tags: Asset Management Hydraulics
- Published by:ICE Bridge Management
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Towards safer, more sustainable debris and security screens
- Contribution by:Benn, J., Kitchen, A.
- Publish date:30.05.2023
This paper presents findings from early experience of using the CIRIA Culvert, screen and outfall manual on an Environment Agency programme to assess the continuing need for 92 screens in England.
- Tags: Asset Management Flood Resilience
- Published by:ICE Publishing
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The morphodynamic response of a gravel barrier to unimodal and bimodal storm wave conditions
- Contribution by:Pender, D.
- Publish date:25.04.2023
This research provides an understanding of the response of gravel barrier beaches to unimodal and bimodal storms through morphodynamic modelling.
- Tags: Marine and Coastal Risk Management Morphodynamics
- Published by:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Flood risk in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A consideration of flood defences in a broadscale hydraulic model
- Contribution by:Massam, A., Smith, H., Filipova, V., Waller, S.
- Publish date:30.03.2023
This research presents the development of flood maps for Kuala Lumpur, covering pluvial and fluvial flooding. The fluvial maps have two scenarios: one undefended and the other that accounts for the infrastructure investments already made to mitigate flood risk.
- Tags: Flood Resilience Hydraulics
- Published by:Journal of Flood Risk Management
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A region of influence approach for attributing fluvial climate change allowances
- Contribution by:Hammond, A.
- Publish date:04.01.2023
A proof-of-concept study that enables practitioners to derive climate change allowances for the full distribution of floods (as opposed to single return periods).
- Tags: Hydrology
- Published by:Hydrological Sciences Journal
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Coastal Management Scheme Ecosystem Service Valuation Methodology Review
- Contribution by:Pettit, A., Callaghan, R., Langler, G.
- Publish date:01.01.2023
This research summarises the current methods and data sources available to help carry out an ecosystem service or natural capital assessment for flood and coastal erosion risk management and marine habitat restoration schemes. Based on a review of ecosystem service classification systems and previous studies, six key ecosystem services have been identified as significant benefit providing services in the marine environment. The outlined valuation techniques can be used to conduct a marine natural capital assessment. However, it is acknowledged that there are a number of factors that limit the applicability of this methodology in the marine environment and specifically for coastal management schemes. The most significant limitations are the lack of available data on the marine environment and the interconnected nature of marine ecosystem service delivery.
- Tags: Environmental Management Flood Risk Management Natural Capital
- Published by:Defra Science Search
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Investigation of effect of logjam series for varying channel and barrier physical properties using a sparse input data 1D network model
- Contribution by:Hankin, B.
- Publish date:01.12.2022
This report systematically assesses the effect of varying logjam spacing, extent of logjam-generated change in water surface profile, vertical height of lower gap, overflow to local floodplain, and varying channel slope, representing a series of logjams in a sparse input data 1D network model including the jam-generated backwater, which depends on loss of momentum within the jam.
- Tags: Catchment Management and Natural Flood Management Hydraulics
- Published by:Environmental Modelling & Software Journal
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Surface water - Future risk and investment needs
- Contribution by:Eccleston, P.
- Publish date:24.11.2022
This analysis explores the relationship between investment and surface water flood risk through to 2100, with a focus on the residual risks that may exist by the 2050s and the investment need for the period from present day to 2050.
- Tags: Climate Resilience, Policy and Research Flood Resilience
- Published by:National Infrastructure Commission