2013-15 Opportunity

Defra’s  ‘Funding for Outcome’   is leading 2013-2015

• Environmental  Research, 
• Engineering  Science, and
• Delivery of flood alleviation.

Flood Risk (loss) reduction equates in broad terms to flood peak (stage) reduction stimulating  interest in the development of  generic 2D hydraulic mapping  of Fluvial landuse, and :-

Editor’s note:-

Under continual development as iterative pilots unfold (towards generic 2D hydraulic analysis of all UK catchments),  this 2013 theme builds on open-resource  by open-method and commends open network forum review.  IP of the domains,  derived data and developed graphics (for example the connection between amenity infrastructure, flood-risk and sustainable engineering)  is extended to communities and managers, and promoted always in pursuit of wellbeing and risk reduction.

Refer also subdomains:-  severn3.atrepo.net, pickering.atrepo.net, brit.atrepo.net,  irwell.atrepo.net

Not forgetting

• water flows downhill (more . . . stream networks)
• exceedance is primarily overground (more . . .  2D modelling)
• velocity control is critical to flood alleviation (more . . .  rural field networks)
• Pro-active FRM is Flood Peak Management; re-active FRM is private (last ditch) resilience

Key acronyms: NERC, EPSRC, NH, TAP, LWEC, CS, SUNR, SISB, FRMC, FREE, CWC, RELU, CORFU