All Outputs (2)

The role of local/lay flood knowledge in building community resilience: The case of the 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK (2010)
Presentation / Conference
resilience: The case of the 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK. Paper presented at British Hydrological Society Third International Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Scrutiny reviews after the 2007 floods, UK (Cabinet Office 2008; DEFRA 2008) have highlighted different types of knowledges needed for effective flood risk management, along with knowledge gaps. This paper evaluates critically the changing nature of... Read More about The role of local/lay flood knowledge in building community resilience: The case of the 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK.

Changing flood risk: Longer-term flood patterns and generating characteristics in Scotland 1200 to present (2010)
Presentation / Conference
McEwen, L. (2010, July). Changing flood risk: Longer-term flood patterns and generating characteristics in Scotland 1200 to present. Paper presented at BHS Third International Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

New maximum recorded river flows on half of Scotland’s largest river systems since 1989 have triggered widespread research and policy interest as to whether extreme floods are becoming more frequent, and in the conditions that generate floods and ‘fl... Read More about Changing flood risk: Longer-term flood patterns and generating characteristics in Scotland 1200 to present.