BRIM: Building Resilience Into risk Management
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Exeter
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
The impacts of recent catastrophic disasters, including the 2013-14 UK winter flooding, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Sandy, reach well beyond the immediate, direct structural, environmental and health risks. In a complex system, a localised initial failure may quickly spread to other systems and create "hyper-risks" or "networked risks" through "networks of networks", and cause unpredictable failures in other economic or social networks. Classical quantitative and qualitative risk management frameworks are inadequate for emerging and unforeseen threats. More specifically they cannot handle the uncertainties of low-probability and high-consequence events and of their impacts on environmental, economical and social systems due to high interdependencies between complex systems.
This project will develop a shared, multi-disciplinary vision of how to build resilience into networked risk management for highly complex engineered systems. It will address the challenges encompassed in understanding of complex interdependencies, cascade effects, tipping points of engineered systems. It is expected that this project will engage the community to develop a double helix framework that integrates risk and resilience analysis for complex systems management.
We will organise a series of managed events, such as workshops, sandpits, study groups, which will help frame research questions, develop collaborative projects and disseminate outcomes. We will provide resources for feasibility studies and a number of mechanisms to promote research that focuses on developing novel modelling tools and adaptive frameworks to understand the interdependencies of complex systems and enhance overall system resilience.
This project will develop a shared, multi-disciplinary vision of how to build resilience into networked risk management for highly complex engineered systems. It will address the challenges encompassed in understanding of complex interdependencies, cascade effects, tipping points of engineered systems. It is expected that this project will engage the community to develop a double helix framework that integrates risk and resilience analysis for complex systems management.
We will organise a series of managed events, such as workshops, sandpits, study groups, which will help frame research questions, develop collaborative projects and disseminate outcomes. We will provide resources for feasibility studies and a number of mechanisms to promote research that focuses on developing novel modelling tools and adaptive frameworks to understand the interdependencies of complex systems and enhance overall system resilience.
Planned Impact
In addition to the impacts from the proposed project itself, the main tangible impacts will be generated through a number of collaborations to develop novel methodologies and tools of building resilience into networked risk management of critical infrastructure systems. The activities and research results from this project will benefit a wide range of stakeholders in industry, government, and society as described below.
The UK industries including water, transport and power will be the direct beneficiaries. A suite of novel tools and methodologies will be developed to understand cascade effects and interactions of complex systems, and to support decisions on system design and management.
The UK government and regulators will benefit from this research. The government is planning to invest heavily on infrastructure over the next decade, and this includes urban critical infrastructure. The investments need to ensure resilience is built into infrastructure systems to achieve long-term sustainability.
The general public will benefit from critical infrastructure systems that achieve improved services, reduced environmental impacts and increased resilience to weather extreme.
The UK industries including water, transport and power will be the direct beneficiaries. A suite of novel tools and methodologies will be developed to understand cascade effects and interactions of complex systems, and to support decisions on system design and management.
The UK government and regulators will benefit from this research. The government is planning to invest heavily on infrastructure over the next decade, and this includes urban critical infrastructure. The investments need to ensure resilience is built into infrastructure systems to achieve long-term sustainability.
The general public will benefit from critical infrastructure systems that achieve improved services, reduced environmental impacts and increased resilience to weather extreme.
Organisations
- University of Exeter (Lead Research Organisation)
- Universidade de São Paulo (Collaboration)
- United Nations (UN) (Collaboration)
- Penn State University (Collaboration)
- Tsinghua University China (Collaboration)
- Bedford Borough Council (Collaboration)
- Indian Institutes of Technology (Collaboration)
- Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (Collaboration)
- United Nations University (Collaboration)
- Mekelle University (Collaboration)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Water and Irrigation (Collaboration)
- Northumbrian Water (Collaboration)
- Tsinghua University (Project Partner)
- Pell-Frischmann Consultants (Project Partner)
- Arcadis (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (Project Partner)
- University of Central Florida (Project Partner)
- WSP Civils (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- University of Leeds (Project Partner)
Publications
Casado M
(2020)
Towards more effective strategies to reduce property level flood risk: standardising the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
in Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua
Casal-Campos A
(2018)
Reliable, Resilient and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: An Analysis of Robustness under Deep Uncertainty.
in Environmental science & technology
Fu G
(2020)
Towards Integrated Flood Risk and Resilience Management
in Water
Gloria Salmoral Portillo
(2020)
Guidelines for the use of unmanned aerial systems in flood emergency response
in water
Liu H
(2018)
Assessing real options in urban surface water flood risk management under climate change
in Natural Hazards
Liu H
(2019)
Measuring surplus capacity for multiobjective optimal design of foul sewer systems
in Urban Water Journal
Meng F
(2017)
Cost-Effective River Water Quality Management using Integrated Real-Time Control Technology.
in Environmental science & technology
Meng F
(2020)
Regulatory Implications of Integrated Real-Time Control Technology under Environmental Uncertainty.
in Environmental science & technology
Meng F.
(2018)
Topological attributes of network resilience: A study in water distribution systems
in Water Research
Pagani A
(2020)
Quantifying Resilience via Multiscale Feedback Loops in Water Distribution Networks
in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Qi W
(2018)
Impact of robustness of hydrological model parameters on flood prediction uncertainty
in Journal of Flood Risk Management
Ramachandran R
(2023)
Accuracy Assessment of Surveying Strategies for the Characterization of Microtopographic Features That Influence Surface Water Flooding
in Remote Sensing
Salmoral G
(2020)
Guidelines for the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Flood Emergency Response
in Water
Saravi S
(2019)
Use of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Resilience and Preparedness Against Adverse Flood Events
in Water
Wang Y
(2019)
Assessing catchment scale flood resilience of urban areas using a grid cell based metric.
in Water research
Wang Y
(2018)
An integrated framework for high-resolution urban flood modelling considering multiple information sources and urban features
in Environmental Modelling & Software
Webber J
(2021)
From site-focused intervention towards landscape-scale surface water management using Synthetic Stream Networks and Rapid Scenario Screening
in Blue-Green Systems
Wei Z
(2020)
Optimal Sampling of Water Distribution Network Dynamics Using Graph Fourier Transform
in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
Zhang C
(2017)
Use of Many-Objective Visual Analytics to Analyze Water Supply Objective Trade-Offs with Water Transfer
in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Zhang C
(2017)
Exploring the Relationships among Reliability, Resilience, and Vulnerability of Water Supply Using Many-Objective Analysis
in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
| Description | New knowledge was gained on how to build resilience into networked risk management for highly complex engineered systems. Risk and resilience are fundamentally different dimensions of engineering systems and various relationships between them exist. In the case of urban flooding, for example, an urban area can have a low risk and low resilience, a low risk but high resilience, a high risk and low resilience, and a high risk and high resilience. A new grid cell based flood resilience measure, which was defined to assess the flood resilience at the catchment scale, reveals a different aspects of flood resilience. Artificial intelligence and real time control play a key role in improving system resilience to disturbances and reduce environmental risk. This is demonstrated in flooding and water quality risk management. The use of real-time river data for wastewater treatment plant control can significantly improve the downstream river water quality and meet tighter standards. Compared to current practices such as seasonal/monthly based operation, integrated real time control can reduce costs while improving resilience of the system to disturbances and reducing environmental risk. New research collaborations and partnerships have been developed through the network to address the challenges encompassed in understanding of complex interdependencies, cascade effects, tipping points of engineered systems. A number of research ideas which were initiated from the network activities were further developed and funded by the UKRI. |
| Exploitation Route | The research outcomes have been disseminated through a diverse range of routes such as workshops, conference keynotes and presentations, journal publications. The new knowledge and models can be taken forward by engineers, planners, decision and policy makers in the area of engineering and environmental systems management, such as those from Environment agency, local city councils and water companies. |
| Sectors | Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Environment |
| URL | https://brim.org.uk/ |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Amount | £1,070,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Developing sound methodologies for surface water flood risk management: the case study of Bedford Borough after storm Bella (December 2020) |
| Amount | £16,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Cranfield University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Emergency flood planning and management using unmanned aerial systems |
| Amount | £1,494,249 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P02839X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | Research Link grant |
| Amount | £24,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Royal Society Industry Followship |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | Travel and workshop funding - Shenzhen workshop |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | UK-China Urban Flooding Research Impact Programme |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Title | BRIM web page for the uptake of flood resilient and resistance measures https://brimresilience.netlify.com/ |
| Description | Resilient and resistant measures have been proved to reduce the effect of catastrophe impact on environmental, economic and social systems. Overall, the benefit of these measures is poorly understood in practice due to the high interdependencies between complex engineered systems, such as cities, transport networks and energy supply. As a result, there is not a clear understand on which measures successfully provided added protection to properties (commercial and residential) and infrastructure, especially under emerging and unforeseen threats. BRIM engages the community to present working examples of resistance and resilient features for a range of catastrophe events. Advantages and risks of measures adopted are highlighted through the case studies presented to identify working solutions, enhance future practice and encourage resistance measure uptake. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The web page has not gone public yet but we are expecting to be used as a portal for people to encourage the uptake of resilient and resistance measures. |
| URL | https://brimresilience.netlify.com/ |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | Indian Institutes of Technology |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | Mekelle University |
| Department | Ethiopian Institute of Technology in Mekelle |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | Ministry of Water and Irrigation |
| Country | Tanzania, United Republic of |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | Penn State University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
| Department | UN Habitat, Switzerland |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | United Nations University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Developing a set of tools and models to better predict, assess and respond to disasters in Africa |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are contributing to a work package on the development of remote sensing tools for drought monitoring and alleviation in Africa. The project has just started so we cannot report anything at this stage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have not started to work on the project as yet so at the moment we are just discussing and allocating tasks. |
| Impact | No outcomes to be reported as yet. We have recruited a PDRA that will commence in April 2021. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Mapping the effects of Storm Bella 2020 |
| Organisation | Bedford Borough Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration focusing on the identification of novel tools and techniques to map the impact of surface water flooding caused by storm Bella. |
| Collaborator Contribution | 1- A set of discussions to identify plausible solutions 2- Project partner in an EPSRC Open Fellowship proposal already submitted to Je-S |
| Impact | - Submitted EPSRC Open Fellowship proposal |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research collaboration and staff visiting HIT Wei Qiu |
| Organisation | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Hosting the visiting professor and sharing models and tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | Working on the project for one year |
| Impact | One journal paper to be submitted to Ecological indicators |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Research collaboration and student visiting Dalian Univeristy of Technology Yuntao Wang |
| Organisation | Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) |
| Department | Hydraulic Engineering |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Hosting and supervising the PhD student |
| Collaborator Contribution | Visiting Exeter for two years and working on the project |
| Impact | One conference paper submitted to BHS 2016. One conference paper to be submitted to ICUD 2017. Two journal papers have been submitted in 2017. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Research collaboration and student visiting Indian Institute of Science Chandra Rupa |
| Organisation | Indian Institute of Science Bangalore |
| Department | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Hosting the postdoc and supervising her project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Visiting Exeter for one month funded by the UK-India water Centre |
| Impact | The major anticipated outcome of the exchange would be to develop a concept map for addressing the problem of urban flooding and managing urban infrastructure in case of flooding. Further, strengthening research capabilities, build ability to view research problems in a different perspective and ideas for further research concepts are expected as a result of this exchange. This opportunity is beneficial to network with researchers, internationally, and to gain experience in the domain of urban flood risk and vulnerability modelling. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Research collaboration and student visiting Tsinghua Lu Liu |
| Organisation | Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) |
| Department | Hydraulic Engineering |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Hosting and co-supervising the PhD student |
| Collaborator Contribution | One PhD student visiting Exeter for one year funded by China Scholarship Council |
| Impact | One paper is expected to be submited to International Conference on Urban Drainage 2017. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Research collaboration and student visiting Tsinghua Xuyi Zhan |
| Organisation | Tsinghua University China |
| Department | School of Enviroment |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise and knowledge transfer, use of models and tools developed previously at Exeter |
| Collaborator Contribution | One student working on resilience analysis of water distribution networks in Exeter |
| Impact | A journal paper has been written up and will be submitted soon from this collaboration. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | site visit for collaborative research |
| Organisation | Northumbrian Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | An innovative methodology, based on artificial intelligence techniques, has been proposed for sewer system management. Data is being collected from Northumbrian Water to apply this method. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The company is providing the data and knowledge of wastewater engineering and local situations for this study. |
| Impact | A methodology is being developed and improved. A report and joint paper are expected to be delivered. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | A Reference Architecture for a Resilient UK Water Supply System |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop has considered the role of a reference architecture in the development of resilient, future water supply systems. The day consisted of activities for the participants to help define what is meant by resilience in the water sector and to begin mapping the interdependencies between key stakeholders within the water sector, customers, and government bodies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | A presentation at ICHE 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A research presentation to introduce the latest outcomes from this project, which generated a lot of interests and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Dessimination at BHS 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research outcomes were presented at the following conference: Yuntao Wang, Guangtao Fu, Albert Chen, Mike Gibson, Slobodan Djordjevic, Chi Zhang, Dragan Savic. Fast 2D flood simulation and risk assessment (abstract). 4th British Hydrological Society International Conference, 30th Aug - 1st September 2016, Crainfield, Bedford, UK. Interesting discussion with several members of the audience after the presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | How Climate Change Impacts Flood Risk - Post Event Summary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A 15 min presentation summarising project methodology and outcomes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-climate-change-impacts-flood-risk-post-event-summary-joe-thomas |
| Description | Organise a workshop on "Property Flood Resilience and the Insurance Sector" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | With global economic losses due to natural disaster being in the order of $150 billion per annum, the uptake of flood resilient measures by residential property owners is of paramount importance for flood protection and management. Flood resilient measures reduce the costs of repair of homes and buildings and the disruption caused by flooding to families and businesses. They aim to make people and their property less vulnerable to physical and mental impacts of flooding. These measures can be installed directly into buildings at risk of flooding as preventative actions or during repair works of buildings after flooding. However, the take up of flood resilient measures remains low despite their advantages. It is not yet normal practice for properties in areas at high flood risk to be made more resilient following a flood. Slow uptake of measures is due to a varied range of factors including (i) a general believe that only the authorities can manage flood risk, (ii) a believe that experienced flood events are a "one off" and (iii) be unware or not accept that the property is at risk. This workshop focuses on developing plausible solutions for the uptake of flood resilient and resistance measures with a specially focus on the insurance sector. In particular, the workshop will aim at addressing the following questions: 1.What role does resilience have on dealing with flood risk? 2.How do we encourage the uptake and management of resilience measures? 3.What is the key role of insurances to achieve? 4.Which data is required or needs to be provided to facilitate (2) and (3)? A range of insurance companies or companies working with/for the insurance sector will be approached to join the BRIM network and attend the one day workshop. A set of presentations by subject matter experts will be delivered during the morning session. The aim is for the presentations to inspire/guide/provide project ideas for the afternoon session. We are looking to fund multiple (small) over-arching projects at the workshop based on ideas developed during the afternoon working session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/events/events-2018/property-flood-resilience-and-the-insurance-sector |
| Description | Presentation at British Hydrological Society conference at Cranfield University// hydrologists make the water go round |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A 20 minute presentation sunmmarising the potential of UAVs for flood extent mapping and damage assessment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.hydrology.org.uk/dms-files.php?id=1123&action=doc |
| Description | Presentation at Worcester university- Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for Environmental Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A short presentation (20 min) summarising project methodology and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.worcester.ac.uk/discover/uav-conference.html |
| Description | Presentation at workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A 15 min presentation on the use of drones for flood extent mapping and damage assessment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/brim-workshops/sustainable-and-resilient-water-infrastructure-flood-r... |
| Description | Presentation of the work at NERC event- reporting project outputs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A short presentation summarising project methodology and outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Property Flood Resilience and the Insurance Sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A range of insurance companies or companies working with/for the insurance sector have been approached to join the BRIM network and attend the one day workshop. A set of presentations by subject matter experts have been delivered. The presentations inspired or guided potential project ideas to be proposed in near future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/2017/12/14/next-brim-workshop-property-flood-resilience-and-the-insur... |
| Description | Sustainable and Resilient Water Infrastructure: flood risk and resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop "Sustainable and Resilient Water Infrastructure: flood risk and resilience" gathered researchers from industry and academia to discuss the main challenges for a resilient water infrastructure in the UK. Extreme weather events put water infrastructure at risk while population growth increases demand. In many cases the aging water infrastructure is not able to cope. There is a question of how water infrastructure can become resilient to floods? There is also another important question: Are current research efforts enough to ensure a resilient future? Or are there any gaps that need to be filled in order to ensure the adequate dealing of repeated flooding events? This workshop covered topics such as: linking community resilience and infrastructure resilience, natural flood management and catchment approach, flood risk management, flood risk modelling, drainage management in a changing climate, and various others. The workshop was a one-day event divided into two parts: first, a series of presentations from invited speakers and second, a workshop discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/systems-net/activitiesandevents/brimworkshops/ |
| Description | Sustainable and Resilient Water Infrastructure: flood risk and resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop gathered 23 researchers from industry and academia to discuss the main challenges for a resilient water infrastructure in the UK. It covered topics such as: linking community resilience and infrastructure resilience, natural flood management and catchment approach, flood risk management, flood risk modelling, drainage management in a changing climate, and various others. The workshop sparked questions and discussions on how to improve the resilience of water infrastructure from a diversity of perspectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/brim-workshops/sustainable-and-resilient-water-infrastructure-flood-r... |
| Description | Sustainable and Resilient Water Infrastructure: flood risk and resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop focused on flood, risk and resilience. The workshop was based on a set of talks and group discussions arranged over two days. The discussions were primarily based on the how to improve water infrastructure resilience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/brim-workshops/sustainable-and-resilient-water-infrastructure-flood-r... |
| Description | The Influence of Weather and Climate Variability on Water Resources Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop focused on The Influence of Weather and Climate Variability on Water Resources Management. The workshop brought together researchers, postgraduate students and practitioners. The workshop included a set of talks related to the key topic and group discussions. Based on the feedback, both the discussions sessions and the talks were well received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/brim-workshops/the-influence-of-weather-and-climate-variability-on-wa... |
| Description | The Influence of Weather and Climate Variability on Water Resources Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This joint workshop co-organised with the EPSRC networks ReCoVER (Research in Change of Variability and Environmental Risk) attracted 31 researchers and practitioners (e.g. Met office). The aim of the workshop is to explore how weather/climate variability will shape water resources management in the long term and identify themes for research that could help develop management strategies to better cope with the variability in means and extremes. According to the feedbacks we received, the talks arranged were well received and the discussions afterwards were useful in providing cross-disciplinary insights in related topics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/brim-workshops/the-influence-of-weather-and-climate-variability-on-wa... |
| Description | Urban Flooding and Sponge Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop provided a platform for researchers, urban planners and engineers to discuss critical issues and main challenges, share the latest research outcomes, and demonstrate the best practices in flood risk management and Sponge City developments. Over 40 participants from the UK, China, Canada, Japan, South Korea and Sri Lanka attended the workshop and presented a wide range of methodologies and applications, including flood simulation and risk assessment tools, new and emerging metrics, and frameworks that can be used for design, planning and assessment of sponge cities. Few distinguished experts in the field, including Paul Leinster (Cranfield University), Nigel Wright (De Montfort University), Sarah Bell (University College London), Janaka Ruwanpura (University of Calgary) and Mooyoung Han (Seoul National University), also delivered keynote talks during the workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/brim/brim-workshops/urban-flooding-and-sponge-cities/ |
| Description | Water-Wise Cities and Smart Water Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Centre for Water Systems (CWS), University of Exeter, and the Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, organised a Workshop on Water-Wise Cities and Smart Water Systems in Xi'an, China, during 11th and 13th September 2018. The workshop was aimed at early career researchers from the two countries to enable networking and sharing of research findings, focusing on new methods and emerging technologies that can be used for design, planning and management of water-wise cities. Three world-leading researchers delivered keynote talks and acted as mentors for early career researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |