Achieving Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Engineering
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| Richard Fenner (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Costa J
(2020)
Assessing the potential for energy recovery from the discharge of storm water run-off
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability
Fenner R
(2019)
Achieving Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future
in Water
Fenner R
(2020)
Editorial: great floods have flown from simple sources.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Ferguson C
(2020)
Evaluating the effectiveness of catchment-scale approaches in mitigating urban surface water flooding.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Ferguson C
(2020)
The impact of Natural Flood Management on the performance of surface drainage systems: A case study in the Calder Valley
in Journal of Hydrology
Ferguson C
(2020)
The potential for natural flood management to maintain free discharge at urban drainage outfalls
in Journal of Flood Risk Management
| Description | The use of stormwater as a resource has been explored. Specifically the particular circumstances where local energy recovery can be achieved from the outfall of SuDS installations has been reviewed. A screening tool has been prepared (and published) so a rapid evaluation of the potential of a SuDS site for micro hydropower generation can be made, prior to embarking on any detailed design. The tool accounts for topographical and hydrological features, an assessment of the scale of the electrical output and an economic assessment of annual revenue and payback period. Initial application of the tool to a range of sites indicates the likelihood of producing locally useable energy from SuDS is low except in a small number of locations. The potential use of stormwater for managed aquifer recharge (and low flow stream augmentation) has been investigated principally in the London area (e.g the Cray catchment). The findings suggest that in some circumstances this may beneficially add to water resources but issues relating to water quality and groundwater aquifer protection would need to be overcome. A methodological approach based on the production of flexible adaptation pathways for application at local scale within urban drainage networks has been developed ( and published) to determine the best mix of grey and blue-green infrastructure for specific locations. This has been applied for the first time in the UK to a drainage sub catchment in the London Borough of Sutton utilising and linking a number of existing modelling tools and packages ( e.g SWMM Model v 5.1 , the GLA SuDs opportunity mapping tool, Deltares Adaptation Pathway Generator and the CIRIA B£ST tool) . The results show combining future Blue-Green interventions with the existing Grey system are more efficient at dealing with flooding and maximising other benefits The relationship of rural and urban catchment interactions to flood risk management has been studied using a new and novel coupling of the following three modelling platforms: Dynamic TopModel, HECRAS and Infoworks ICM. The published approach has been used to study the impact of Natural Flood Management interventions in upstream catchments, (including hillslope tree planting and in-channel woody debris) on peak flow synchronisation and water levels in downstream urban watercourses which receive discharge from surface drainage networks. Applied in three catchments ( Asker in Dorset, Bin Brook in Cambridgeshire and the Calder in Yorkshire) the results show, by slowing the overall catchment response to a series of design storms, the inundation of surface drainage outfalls can be modestly reduced, allowing longer periods of free discharge thus enhancing the performance of the respective urban drainage networks. The influence of storm track on this effect has also been investigated Key Findings: • The likelihood of producing locally useable energy from SuDS is low except in a small number of locations • Opportunities for Managed Aquifer Recharge utilising stormwater, whilst limited at present, will be needed in the context of future climate uncertainty where environmental and economic costs of additional storage in surface reservoirs are expected to rise sharply. • The development of flexible adaptation pathways can determine a suitable mix of grey and blue-green drainage infrastructure under both future climate and development uncertainties, and the flexibility and monetisation of multiple benefits associated with each pathway shows that their economic co-evaluation alongside infrastructure capital and maintenance costs can change the preference for one pathway over another. • The impact of Natural Flood Management interventions in upstream rural parts of a catchment can contribute to improved surface drainage performance in downstream urban areas, by moderating water levels in urban receiving watercourses allowing free discharge to be maintained, especially during more frequent storms. Objectives met: Cambridge University contributed to Work Package 1 (Resilience under change) and Work Package 2 ( Stomwater as a resource) of the overall Urban Flood Resilience project. Objectives WP1: How can flood and water quality treatment infrastructure adapt to meet the challenges posed by highly uncertain changes in climate, governance, economic development and environmental values? A methodological approach has been produced for developing and evaluating adaptation pathways for the first time in the UK at the smaller scale of an urban drainage sub-catchment, focussing on extending the criteria by which the pathways are evaluated from a conventional cost benefit approach to one that also takes into account the multiple benefits attainable, ease of implementation and flexibility. This allows coupled Blue Green and Grey stormwater management solutions to be developed that are appropriate to their location, community and scale. Objectives WP 2: How can engineered systems be better aligned with natural processes to realise the resource potential of all forms of urban water? Our work has bridged the interfaces between urban/rural and engineered/natural hydrological systems: exploring the system level interactions between upstream catchment interventions (using Natural Flood Management techniques) and downstream surface water drainage performance. Opportunities for capturing stormwater as a resource have been examined in terms of local energy generation and managed aquifer storage to mitigate water shortage during drought periods using stored stormwater. The overall contribution of this work has to been to enhance and supplement the evidence to support a paradigm shift in the way stormwater is handled by changing perceptions of it from a hazard to a potential valuable resource |
| Exploitation Route | The energy screening methodology can be used by local authorities and developers to determine if energy recovery is viable in future SuDS installations. Interest has been expressed in the method by Newcastle City Council who have suggested two sites where such an assessment could be made. Work on adaptation planning is continuing in conjunction with South East River Trust and Sutton Council and will be presented in May 2020 to an audience of local government representatives at an Integrated Water Management in Garden Cities event in London. In kind support and data has been received from Yorkshire Water and Wessex Water to support the work on rural-urban catchment interactions, with strong interest in the outputs in this aspect of the study The outcomes of this funding reported here, and from other Universities in the wider consortium, are reported in an invited special edition of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions A on Urban Flood Resilience, published on 17 February 2020 with the scope to disseminate our findings to a wide international audience of potential users. |
| Sectors | Construction,Energy,Environment |
| URL | http://www.urbanfloodresilience.ac.uk/ |
| Description | 4 new publications linking impact of Natural Flood Management Interventions in 3 catchments on the performance of downstream urban drainage networks , specifically informed Yorkshire Water with respect to the upper Calder Catchment and flood responses in Todmorden, and Innovyze through the novel use of Infoworks software A screening tool to assess energy recovery from stormwater has been published in the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers A methodology for developing and evaluating adaptation pathways for small scale urban drainage utilising blue-green and /or grey infrastructure has been published in the Royal Society's Philosphical Transactions A and used in the London Borough of Sutton; advice has been given to the planning officers about the phased adoption of green infrastructure, and the analysis disseminated in a December 2019 Workshop. Work continues with Ebbsfleet Development Corporation and developers in the area on the deployment of blue green solutions for water management. Contributions to the development of a system dynamics model have been made Advice has been provided to CIRIA regarding incorporation of a spatial evaluation using GIS into the B£ST tool (through Stantec), and will be considered in the forthcoming Phase 3 of B£St development |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Construction,Environment |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | "Building Resilience in Flood Disaster Management in Northern Peru", Global Challenges Research Fund, British Council & Geophysical Institute of Peru |
| Geographic Reach | South America |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Leon Kapetas was invited to participate in the advisory committee from the UK for the week-long workshop between Peruvian and UK experts on building flood resilience to El Nino events in Northern Peru. The main outcome from the workshop improved perception of the peruvian policymakers on the need for integrated solutions that do not see society separately from technical management. They now perceive better how risk is influenced by hazard but also exposure and vlunerability. A technical report will be published in 2019 to disseminate findings from the workshop. |
| Description | CIRIA RP1074 Making B£ST better - phase 3 steering group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | To advise on the proposed development of phase 3 of the BEST tool : Phase 3: 'Accounting for spatial variation in benefits with an integrated GIS user interface, and improving the overall user interface of B£ST'. |
| Description | Environment Agency Local Flood Risk Research Framework Steering Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Critique and assist in prioritising the Environment Agency's Local Flood Risk 5 year Research Programme. Prioritised projects subsequently funded and implemented by the Environment Agency. Specific role to provide a link with flood research in the academic community |
| Description | London 2100 independent review panel for Thames Water |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Member of Advisory Panel for CIRIA RP 1074 Making B£ST Better |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Advisory role in extending the BeST too, to include spatial distribution of multiple benefits |
| Description | Sustainable Urban Water Strategy, Ebbsflleet (Sep-Nov 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Leon Kapetas led the co-production of a sustainable urban water management strategy for Ebbsfleet. The strategy is aimed to supplement the Implementation Framework by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. In particular, it will inform the KPI relating to environmental management. |
| Description | Doctoral Training Centre in Future Infrastructure for the Built Environment (FIBE) Cambidge University (PhD student) |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | EU Horizon 2020 B.02 Environment and Resources |
| Amount | € 4,799,331 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101003632 - REXUS - H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020 / H2020-LC-CLA-2020-2 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | 14 October 2020 Watering the Garden - Integrated Water Management in Garden Cities |
| 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 | Postponed webinar (from May 5th 2020 (due to COVID 19) organised by Ebbsfleet Garden City and Urban Flood Resilience for planning and drainage professsionals, presentation focussed on key outputs from Urban Flood Resilience with specific reference to integrating water into street design |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 18 February 2021 Nature Based Solutions webinar, presentation on urban flood resilince to India-UK Development Partnership Forum (FCDO, CDRI and international researchers ) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the use of nature based solutions for flood management to Indian officials organised through the FCO , arising form growing Indian interest in resilience and adaptation palnning |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Blog on Low-Tech Low-Cost Blue-Green Infrastructure |
| 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 | The aim of the blog was to highlight the importance of civil participation on strengthening urban flood resilience. The blog was entitled "Low-cost small-scale blue-green interventions: community led projects enhancing urban flood resilience" and was accessed by more than 500 people within the first 2 months of publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/blue-greencities/2017/05/02/low-cost-small-scale-blue-green-interventi... |
| Description | Collaborative design of blue/green solutions for flooding in Carshalton. One day workshop with Sutton Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop focused on the development of an adaptation plan for drainage infrastructure. The participants (flood, planning, community officers) screened for realistic opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Delegation visit from Chinese Academy of Urban Planning and Imperial College London (November 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cambridge University, in collaboration with Imperial College London, received a delegation of engineers from the Chinese Academy of Urban Planning. The day included presentation of Cambridge research by Prof Fenner and Dr Kapetas on Urban Flood Resilience and a field visit to the largest rainwater harvesting urban development in the UK (known as Eddington/North West Cambridge) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Delivering multiple co-benefits in Blue Green cities |
| 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 | Discussion forum between policymakers, practitioners and academics at the forefront of work on blue-green cities will explore the multiple co-benefits of these environments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discussion with Prof Anna Deletic, University of New South Wales, Australia, December 2017 |
| 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 | The meeting took place in December 2017, involved discussion with Prof. Anna Deletic group. There is potential for future collaboration on mutual research interests. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Editor of Special Edition of Royal Society Philosophical Transactions A on Urban Flood Resilience ( published initially on-line February 17 2020) |
| 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 | Providing flood resistant urban infrastructure which is resilient to both future climate uncertainties and increasing urbanisation is a pressing challenge globally. This issue brings together current UK and international developments in: understanding the changing drivers of flooding; advances in flood modelling; pathways to multifunctional infrastructure that can provide multiple benefits; social, community and economic interaction with flood management interventions, and the effectiveness of flood recovery responses. An international perspective is also captured on how countries are reacting to the need for achieving urban flood resilience. A paradigm shift is needed which moves from the risks of draining water "away" to creating the opportunities from capturing stormwater locally and utilising it as a component of urban regeneration and urban greening. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsta/2020/378/2168 |
| Description | Fact sheet on Economics of SuDS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | One of the primary factors responsible for the slow transition to SuDS technologies in the UK is the incomplete understanding of their economics. The existing evidence-base around SuDS economics has not convinced decision-makers about the benefits of a potential transition to the technology. This fact sheet argues that barriers to blame are at a higher level: (i) economic appraisals require redefining to include wider costs and benefits, and (ii) the existing route map to SuDS from pre-planning through to maintenance is organisationally too complex that decision-making on drainage infrastructure is based on an "ease of implementation" attitude by the key stakeholders. Understanding the need to prepare for an uncertain future can lead to more integrated approaches than currently followed. An adaptation pathways methodology that supports win-win decision-making under multiple possible futures with mixed blue-green and grey systems can be a useful tool in this direction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Factsheet on MicroHydroPower |
| 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 | This fact sheet is publicized on the projects website and is entitled "Exploring the potential to recover energy from urban stormwater". The fact sheet is based on a publication currently under review. It presents an easy to use screening tool that evaluates site feasibility for microhydropower generation. Newcastle is already considering sites where the tool can be applied. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.urbanfloodresilience.ac.uk/documents/180125-microhydropower.pdf |
| Description | Global Alliance 'Opportunities for ecological adaptation to flood hazards in major global cities' - Cambridge Workshop 2nd March 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivery of paper entitled "Towards Blue-Green Infrastructure and Urban Flood Resilience" to facilitate session on Innovative solutions and opportunities for ecological adaptation to flooding. Workshop of Global Alliance Consortium between Cambridge University, University of California Berkeley, National University of Singapore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invitation to present at the British Antarctic Survey event on "High Impact Climate Events", June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The event organised by the British Antarctic Survey involved 4 talks on High Impact Climate Events". While most talks covered improved understanding of climate projections, Leon Kapetas' presentation covered the potential to use such data in practice to inform flexible drainage infrastructure development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited Presentation at TWENTY65 Conference, Manchester, 17-18 April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This is one of the key events in the UK bringing together academics and professionals from the water industry. Leon Kapetas and Dick Fenner were invited to presnt their UFR work and present future research on adaptation pathways. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://twenty65.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Invited Workshop/Seminar for BP Institute on Urban Flooding 29 May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar by BP Institute, ( now Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows) Maddingley Rise Cambridge 29th May 2022. To inform and support new research in the mechanics of flooding with a talk and discussion on "Urban Flooding" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited discussion to RICS Modus Magazine "How can we design cities to improve how they manage urban floodwaters?" March 2018 |
| 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 | Invited contribution to RICS MODUS magazine "How deluged cities can hang on to their water better" March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Learning Action Alliance (LAA) meetings at Ebbsfleet Garden City |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Three Learning Action Alliance (LAA) meetings at Ebbsfleet Garden City took place to develop an sustainable urban water management strategy and system dynamics model. The work was initiated by the consortium and the local stakeholders have now taken ownership of the events as a collaborative platform to discuss water management in Ebbsfleet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Newcastle Urban Flood Reslience Dissemination Event: Presentation on "Adaptation Pathways of drainage infrastructure in Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton" |
| 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 | This presentation by Dr Kapetas and Prof Fenner is part of the large dissemination event organised by the URF consortium. The talk aims to introduce the concept of flexible ecosystem-based drainage infrastructure adaptation. Audience included policymakers (local authorities), EA, industry practicioners but also members from third sector interested in the approach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Pagano A., Kapetas L., Pluchinotta I. Lopez Gunn E (2021) CS7: Stakeholder engagement and participatory approaches supporting modelling for effective integrated water resources management Special Session at 6th IAHR Europe Congress Warsaw Poland 15-18 February 2021 (https://iahr2020.pl/) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Special Session at 6th IAHR Europe Congress Warsaw Poland 15-18 February 2021 led by Dr Leon Kapetas, based on Ebbsfleet Garden City case study from Urban Flood Resilience Project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://iahr2020.pl |
| Description | Perspectives on Urban Flood Resilience Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dick Fenner (University of Cambridge) introduces the work of the Urban Flood Resilience research consortium that forms a core of papers for a special themed edition of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions A Journal on urban flood resilience, published in February 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/blue-greencities/2020/02/18/perspectives-on-urban-flood-resilience/ |
| Description | Presentation to Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) Hong Kong, November 2017 |
| 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 | ICE Hong Kong visited Cambridge University to discuss Smart Infrastructure (November 2017). The delegation included professionals as well as students. They showed particular interested in the work done by the UFR consortium, as one of their main policies for urban development in China is "sponge cities", i.e. the implementation of blue-green infrastructure in a broad scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/cambridge-centre-for-smart-infrastructure |
| Description | Presentation to Mott MacDonald: Urban stormwater use in Managed Aquifer Recharge systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Cambridge University has been exploring the possibility of using urban stormwater runoff in Managed Aquifer Recharge for drought mitigation. This project has been developed in collaboration with Thames Water. The meeting was followed by an exchange of hydrogeological modelling data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Project presentation to 100 Resilient Cities Network, March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The 100 Resilient Cities tries to engage with blue-green infrastructure in the cities belonging to their network. The presentation aimed to show the expertise developed by the UFR consortium and exchange knowledge. The talk took place in March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Project presentation to Mott MacDonald, Sydney, Australia, December 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Australia is very advanced in developing blue-green infrastructure solutions. Therefore, knowledge exchange between the consortium and practitioners who design such systems is very useful. The consultants were particularly interested in the idea of adaptation pathways to climate change and urbanisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Special session of the 2020 Smart Water Grid Conference South Korea 8 to 11 December 2020, organized by the Smart WASH Solutions in Nepal and the International Centre for Urban Water Hydroinformatics Research and Innovation (ICUH) in Korea, and hosted by i-WSSM and the Society of Korean Smart Water Grid. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and Debate on "Valuing Blue Green Infrastructure" at on-line International Conference chaired by Dr Leon Kapetas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | SuDS in Sutton Schools, June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The SuDS in School project currently developed in Sutton aims to deliver blue-green infrastructure to deal with local flood issues. Our engagement with their project aims to support them in developing a long-term strategy for future interventions (prioritization and appraisal of options tool. Discussions held in Sutton council offices in June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.thamesriverstrust.org.uk/south-east-rivers-trust-suds-in-sutton-schools/ |
| Description | Talk to Institute of Civil Engineers, Cambridgeshire section: Adaptation pathways for urban drainage long-term infrastructure planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The president of ICE Cambridgeshire invited Dr Kapetas and Prof Fenner to give a talk on the research Cambridge University (PI Prof Fenner) is carrying out on "Adaptation pathways for urban drainage long-term infrastructure planning". The presentation covered concepts of identification of urban challenges, ecosystem adaptation solution exploration (high-level, pre-design) and development of adaptation pathways.The talk was attended by practitioners, students and other academic staff members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Upstream Natural Flood Management influencing downstream drainage (Blog for Urban Flood Resilience web-site) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this blog, Dick Fenner and Charlie Ferguson explore how Natural Flood Management (NFM) strategies in upstream rural parts of a catchment might influence the performance of urban drainage systems further downstream (through moderating water levels in urban watercourses). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/blue-greencities/2021/02/17/upstream-natural-flood-management-nfm-inf... |
| Description | Urban surface drainage and NFM- a new form of downstream benefit? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited blog on some additional benefits tat can be achieved by Natural Flood Management for "Slow The Flow" which is a charity working to advance the education of the public in Natural Flood Management, Sustainable Drainage Systems and other renewable methods of managing the environment, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://slowtheflow.net/about-us-2/ |
| Description | WAKATU corporation visit to University of Cambridge, May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The meeting took place in May 2017. Wakatu is a co-operative run by Maori indigenous in New Zealand. On their visit in the UK to develop expertise on nature-based solutions for water management at their sites, they requested a presentation by our consortium. They showed particular interest in how they could manage water sustainably. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Website blog The need for Multi-functional design |
| 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 | Web site blog : The need for multi-functional design of sustainable drainage systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/blue-greencities/2018/01/16/multi-functional-design/ |
| Description | Website blog for Royal Society on Uban Flood Resilience |
| 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 'Urban Flood Resilience', guest editor Professor Richard Fenner brings together work from engineering, geography, planning, social science, hydrology, economics and architecture to discuss how our cities can respond to a rapidly escalating threat. He tells us how this issue came about, and why it's important to challenge traditional flood management in the era of climate change. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.royalsociety.org/publishing/urban-flood-resilience/ |
| Description | Workshop with London Borough of Sutton Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with planners and other officers from Sutton Borough Council to disseminate the results of the adaptation pathways analysis conducted on a sub catchment within the Borough ( December 2019) . Informed the future strategy for incorporating blue-green infrastructure in the Borough. Active participant Dr Leon Kapetas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |