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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042125/00001
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- Summary:
- This report provides an overview of regulatory frameworks, current practices, and measures to improve the resilience and resistance of critical infrastructures to flooding in the United Kingdom (UK). It discusses flood risk management, flood risk assessment, resilience and resistance measures, and investment prioritization. The document was prepared after extensive consultations with UK’s leading infrastructure asset owners and operators through a workshop and questionnaire survey. Flood risk management regulations are evolving within the various territories of the UK, establishing clearer responsibilities for stakeholders, increasing transparency so as to achieve a more comprehensive and sustainable flood risk management process. The report discusses various principles of flood risk management covering topics such as flood risk assessment, techniques for avoiding flood hazards, the design of control measures, the mitigation of off-site impact, and the assessment and management of residual risks. The main issues impacting flood risk management identified through the questionnaire and workshop are growing risks of flooding associated with ageing infrastructure, increased flood frequency resulting from climate change, high degrees of interdependence between infrastructure systems, and the dearth of knowledge sharing and coordination, as well as the shortage of resources. The next section of the report is a historical account of the UK’s major flooding incidents of 2005 and 2007, highlighting lessons for future flood risk management. Structural, nonstructural, and physical measures for improving resilience are presented, along with case studies of current practices being utilized in the UK. Examples of flood risk management investment prioritization, along with approaches adopted by OFWAT and Scottish Water are also emphasized. The report stresses the importance of interdependencies and cross-sector collaboration to building a greater level of resilience into critical infrastructure systems. The report points to a need for the next generation of flood maps, which will contain new information with respect to new annual probabilities of flooding considering the impacts of climate-change and development. The importance of long-term strategic investment approaches is also emphasized. ( English,English,, )
- Subject:
- Disasters and Resilience
- Citation/Reference:
- McBain, W., Wilkes, D., Retter, M. (2010). Flood resilience and resistance for critical infrastructure. Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042125 ( fiu )
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