Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future.
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Civil Engineering
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| David Dawson (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Dawson DA
(2020)
A spatial framework to explore needs and opportunities for interoperable urban flood management.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Fenner R
(2019)
Achieving Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future
in Water
Fenner R
(2019)
Achieving urban flood resilience in an uncertain future
Goddard MA
(2021)
A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems.
in Nature ecology & evolution
O'Donnell E
(2020)
The blue-green path to urban flood resilience
O'Donnell E
(2020)
The blue-green path to urban flood resilience
in Blue-Green Systems
Pregnolato M
(2018)
Adaptation investments for transport resilience: trends and recommendations
in International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering
Singh A
(2021)
A review of modelling methodologies for flood source area (FSA) identification
in Natural Hazards
Singh A
(2023)
Drainage representation in flood models: Application and analysis of capacity assessment framework
in Journal of Hydrology
Vercruysse K
(2019)
Interoperability: A conceptual framework to bridge the gap between multifunctional and multisystem urban flood management
in Journal of Flood Risk Management
| Description | 1. The concept of interoperability in flood risk management - assisting the transition from single/local flood risk management to more system-based management across different infrastructures. 2. The application of interoperability - in Newcastle City Centre (and soon to be Leeds). 3. Source to Impact modelling - an adapted modelling technique to establish which locations across a catchment cause the most flooding within that catchment - thus targeting where to intervene based on efficiency of impact on reducing risk. 4. The potential to address urban issues related to housing demand using spatial approach and interoperability. |
| Exploitation Route | 1. Better appreciation of the benefits of working on a 'system level'. 2. Utilisation of interoperable framework 3. Utilisation of source to impact modelling technique & spatial systems approach to infrastructure planning 4. From 1-3 : improved evidence (business cases) for integrated flood risk management (by enhancing interoperability within the catchment) |
| Sectors | Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Description | The finding have been used to examine solutions and schemes for intergrated flood risk planning at Wortley Beck (Leeds), following the engagement activities in December 2019. The approach applied to Wykebeck (Leeds) is helping to inform the business case strategy for Phase 2 of the councils' flood planning. The research articles findings will now be presented to Newcastle City Council (April 2021) - impact pending |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Construction,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Invited member of Infrastructure Adaptation Forum |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Invited member of Leeds County Council's: Infrastructure Investment Group |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | QR - Strategic Priority Funding - Yorkshire Infrastructure Adaptation Forum |
| Amount | £3,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Review of climate resilience mainstreaming into regulatory and voluntary standards, national guidance, and other sectorial/industry codes of practice |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme |
| Amount | £310,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | West Yorkshire Combined Authorities |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2023 |
| End | 05/2025 |
| Description | Yorkshire iCASP - Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme |
| Amount | £4,821,201 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/P011160/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Title | Interoperability spatial modelling |
| Description | The model utilises - source to hazard - mapping and spatial data to search the urban environment for optimum solutions to managing storm water. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Impact grant and partnership with Local Authorities in Yorkshire Further request for projects Inclusion in council SHAPE GIS systems |
| URL | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsta.2019.0205?af=R |
| Description | Climate Resilience Partnership |
| Organisation | JBA Consulting |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | In kind support JBA Consulting with project on: Review of climate resilience mainstreaming into regulatory and voluntary standards, national guidance and other sectorial/industry codes etc. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Management of project and outputs |
| Impact | Not yet realised. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Leeds City Infrastructure & Investment Group |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Dawson was invited to become member of Leeds' Infrastructure & Investment Group (quarterly meetings). Presenting research plans and developments that engaged and strengthened the groups focus on multi-sector contributions to urban flood risk investments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LCC and EA members (Jonthan Moxon & Luke Williams) have provided regular input to the EPSRC research project and plans and developments - to continue with future research. They have also provided extended pathways to impact and dissemination of EPSRC research. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary through its members and scope and has extended to include city planning members thanks to the EPSRC research. The key output is an impact grant to formalise the EPSRC research into practice at the Council. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Leeds City Infrastructure & Investment Group |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Dawson was invited to become member of Leeds' Infrastructure & Investment Group (quarterly meetings). Presenting research plans and developments that engaged and strengthened the groups focus on multi-sector contributions to urban flood risk investments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LCC and EA members (Jonthan Moxon & Luke Williams) have provided regular input to the EPSRC research project and plans and developments - to continue with future research. They have also provided extended pathways to impact and dissemination of EPSRC research. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary through its members and scope and has extended to include city planning members thanks to the EPSRC research. The key output is an impact grant to formalise the EPSRC research into practice at the Council. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Leeds City Infrastructure & Investment Group |
| Organisation | Leeds City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Dawson was invited to become member of Leeds' Infrastructure & Investment Group (quarterly meetings). Presenting research plans and developments that engaged and strengthened the groups focus on multi-sector contributions to urban flood risk investments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LCC and EA members (Jonthan Moxon & Luke Williams) have provided regular input to the EPSRC research project and plans and developments - to continue with future research. They have also provided extended pathways to impact and dissemination of EPSRC research. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary through its members and scope and has extended to include city planning members thanks to the EPSRC research. The key output is an impact grant to formalise the EPSRC research into practice at the Council. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Leeds City Infrastructure & Investment Group |
| Organisation | Leeds City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Dawson was invited to become member of Leeds' Infrastructure & Investment Group (quarterly meetings). Presenting research plans and developments that engaged and strengthened the groups focus on multi-sector contributions to urban flood risk investments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LCC and EA members (Jonthan Moxon & Luke Williams) have provided regular input to the EPSRC research project and plans and developments - to continue with future research. They have also provided extended pathways to impact and dissemination of EPSRC research. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary through its members and scope and has extended to include city planning members thanks to the EPSRC research. The key output is an impact grant to formalise the EPSRC research into practice at the Council. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Leeds City Infrastructure & Investment Group |
| Organisation | Yorkshire Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Dr Dawson was invited to become member of Leeds' Infrastructure & Investment Group (quarterly meetings). Presenting research plans and developments that engaged and strengthened the groups focus on multi-sector contributions to urban flood risk investments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LCC and EA members (Jonthan Moxon & Luke Williams) have provided regular input to the EPSRC research project and plans and developments - to continue with future research. They have also provided extended pathways to impact and dissemination of EPSRC research. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary through its members and scope and has extended to include city planning members thanks to the EPSRC research. The key output is an impact grant to formalise the EPSRC research into practice at the Council. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Leeds City Infrastructure & Investment Group |
| Organisation | Yorkshire Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Dr Dawson was invited to become member of Leeds' Infrastructure & Investment Group (quarterly meetings). Presenting research plans and developments that engaged and strengthened the groups focus on multi-sector contributions to urban flood risk investments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LCC and EA members (Jonthan Moxon & Luke Williams) have provided regular input to the EPSRC research project and plans and developments - to continue with future research. They have also provided extended pathways to impact and dissemination of EPSRC research. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary through its members and scope and has extended to include city planning members thanks to the EPSRC research. The key output is an impact grant to formalise the EPSRC research into practice at the Council. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
| Organisation | West Yorkshire Combined Authorities |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | EPSRC research (Flood source area), being used to support Innovative Resilience Programme (Leeds) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners have sought our expertise and aim to put our research in planning through a innovation bid (2022). |
| Impact | Plans for external funded proposal (grant in aid etc). |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Blogpost on How are transport networks going to become more resilient to flood risk? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this blog, Dr David Dawson examines flood risk on the physical transport network and some potential developments for improving urban flood risk by connecting multiple infrastructure systems. The blogpost aimed at introducing these ideas to the general public and encourage the reader to think about how different parts of the urbanised world have an impact on flooding and what the different options are to address flooding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/blue-greencities/2017/11/30/resilient-transport/ |
| Description | Blogpost on Urban Fluvial Geomorphology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blogpost was published that discusses how water shapes society and society shapes water. This post was intended to introduce the general public to the idea of urban hydrological dynamics and how they play a role in it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/blue-greencities/2018/01/23/urban-fluvial-geomorphology/ |
| Description | European Geosciences Union - presentation at session on Urban Resilience Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given at the European Geosciences Union 2018 in Vienna. This is an annual conference bringing together world-class research in geosciences from across the world. By presenting here, discussion was initiated with other researchers working in similar fields, which have helped to improve the aims and objectives of the research in this project. It was also good to learn about different case studies in other parts of the world (e.g. France). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Factsheet on defining interoperability in flood management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A factsheet was produced on defining interoperability in urban flood management to use as a starting point for discussion when meeting stakeholders and practitioners about system-of-systems thinking in flood management. Its intended purpose therefore is to introduce the research subject in an accessible way. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.urbanfloodresilience.ac.uk/documents/180320-interoperability.pdf |
| Description | ICNet Global climate change infrastructure resilience network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on training the engineers of the future - for climate resilience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Member of British Standards Institute (adaptation expert) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I am supporting a body of work looking at the requirements for the next generation of climate standards (I am chair of SC7's task and finishing group). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Network Rail invited meeting/presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to present research project and discuss pathways to impact on flood risk and national rail network with Lisa Constable, Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Weather Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Manager, Network Rail, and her team members. 1st November 2017, Milton Keynes. Barriers and opportunities discussed, time scales for impact into Adaptation Policy documents discussed (potentially possible by 2019). On-going interest in participation and research outputs of project acknowledged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at British Water Surface Water Management Focus Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation about our research was given, which was the staring point for a discussion with practitioners to receive feedback on research aims and objectives and how this research can be better steered to address their needs and challenges in the field of moving towards a more integrated, system-oriented approach to flood management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Leeds City Council - Infrastructure Investment Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to discuss 'interoperability' at Leeds' Infrastructure Investment Group meeting. Discussion resulted in agreement to proceed for a joint proposal for research grant, and request for my attendance at further meetings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS) monthly Flood Risk Management meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given about the content of work package 3 (interoperability) to present the research ideas, and start a discussion about research needs, challenges and barriers for a holistic approach to urban flood risk management. There was a lot of interest in the subject and the group will send feedback later. It was also proposed to come back at a later point and discuss how the research results will be useful in Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | River Restoration Centre Annual Conference 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop within conference held with 40 participants utilising EPSRC research as the activity material. Feedback collected. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.therrc.co.uk/rrc-annual-conference-2020 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop on interoperable flood management in Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Initiate a discussion on the data needs to operationalise a more integrated approach to urban flood management; exchange ideas and knowledge on data availability; start of interactive process to develop an analysis framework |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Blue Green Path to Urban Flood Resilience Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Interoperability in flood management in Newcastle: initiating discussion on opportunities and challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.urbanfloodresilience.ac.uk/events-news-and-blog/newcastle-dissemination-event-2019.aspx |
| Description | Yorkshire Flood Risk Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research outputs and utility of outputs to stimulate discussion of solutions to urban flood risk issues across Wortley Beck Catchment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | iCASP Yorkshire Flood Alleviation Scheme - Co-Design workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | iCASP Yorkshire Flood Alleviation Schemes Co-Design Workshop on Wednesday 8th November 2017 - Interest in research generated, planned future activities acknowledged when research is complete. On-going input on current activities offered by regional practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |