Study Visit Middlesex University 28-30th June 2017 Dr Sally Priest, Flood Hazard Research Centre

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Flood Hazard Research Centre Sally Priest

The Flood Hazard Research Centre Established in 1970 Focus is on applied, academic and consultancy research PhD studentships, input into Masters programmes, Continuing Professional Development training, visiting researchers/students We specialise in the: interaction between people and the water environment socio-economic aspects of flood risk and water management analysis and appraisal of environmental policies FHRC staff comprise of a small multi-disciplinary team of full time and part time researchers along with several research associates and research administrators. Core areas of skills and interest include: geography; social and environmental psychology; economics; social anthropology; and some aspects of environmental science and management. The majority of our staff and associates are social scientists and this continues to define our role as a research centre focusing on the socio-economic and policy aspects of water-related issues hmjbmhb

Who we do / have done research for? UK Government departments: Defra, Environment Agency, DoH, SEPA, OPW Ireland European Commission/European Union UK Research Councils Local Authorities Regulatory Bodies Special interest groups Overseas governments Non Governmental Organisations e.g. Greenpeace, International bodies: World Bank, UN, OECD

FHRC Asia office in Dhaka, Bangladesh Over 20 years of experience Research focus on water and floodplain management, flood protection impacts, management of floodplain fisheries and wetlands, and adaptation to climate change Input into MU Masters teaching programme; links with universities in Bangladesh

FHRC Selected research projects

Applied research examples Input into UK policy and practice: FHRC’s ‘Multi-coloured’ Manual for economic appraisal (UK industry standard for benefit assessments as part of flood and coastal erosion risk management appraisal) The benefits of flood warning systems and behavioural response to warnings – how impact information and different messaging can help users Social aspects of flood risk management e.g. social justice, health impacts of floods

STAR-FLOOD - STrengthening And Redesigning European FLOOD risk practices Aim: To develop governance design principles and make recommendations for strengthening and redesigning Flood Risk Governance Arrangements (FRGAs) to enhance societal resilience to flooding in vulnerable urban areas Each partner country to identify and analyse the national FRGA; explain governance dynamics (i.e. change and stability); and evaluate the current arrangement (resilience, effectiveness, legitimacy and efficiency). Cross-country comparisons and the creation of design principles and success criteria for future flood risk governance http://www.starflood.eu/

Establishing a Citizen Observatory of Water Developed low cost local sensors where residents wanted them EU FP7 project, 4 years (2012- Oct 2016), €5.4m 14 Partners: 4 academic institutions, 8 SMEs, 2 local authorities 3 case studies: Alto Adriatico (It), Delfland (NL), Doncaster (UK) Focus: floods, drought, water quality Linking local residents’ decisions with local information. Residents provide & receive local information relevant to them It is a ‘techy’ project in that most of the money is going on the physical sensors and web platform aspects Developed apps for information exchange http://wesenseit.eu/

Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts – Toolkit http://www.risckit.eu/ The interdisciplinary RISC-KIT project has developed tools and approaches: to record historic and recent impact events to identify coastal areas most at risk to provide a set of potential DRR measures to assess the effectiveness and suitability of these measures

SYSTEM-RISK - a large-scale systems approach to flood risk assessment and management Marie-Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network Provides a framework for training and career development of 15 Early Stage Researchers. https://system-risk.eu/ Risk chain: considering the complete risk chain; Interactions: putting interactions centre stage and, in this way, replacing the traditional linear approach of the risk chain by a more realistic approach with interdependent linkages between physical and societal processes; Temporal dynamics: investigating the time-varying nature of flood risk and its components on different time scales.

Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Union (DG-ECHO) funded Series of knowledge transfer-style projects exporting our expertise in cost-benefit analysis in different settings http://www.floodcba.eu/main/ FLOOD-CBA project is an initiative funded by the Civil Protection Financial Instrument of the DG-Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. It aims to establish a sustainable Knowledge Platform for the use of stakeholders dealing with the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of flood prevention measures in the context of different socio-economic environments within the EU. The project is realized by a consortium of six partners coming from Greece, UK, Romania, Portugal, Germany and Spain and has duration of 24 months starting from the 1st of January 2013. Ecoshaz - It aims to establish a sustainable knowledge framework addressing the costs and benefits of prevention and response to coastal hazards resulting from hydro-meteorological events (flooding, shoreline erosion, storm surges, and sea level rise) and oil spill accidents. FLOOD-CBA 2 project is an initiative funded by the Directorate General Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG-ECHO) of the European Union. It aims at integrating Cost-Benefit Analysis into the decision making process for selecting the appropriate and most efficient flood protection standards in flood prone areas. FLOOD-CBA 2 has been built on the experience gained from the delivery of FLOOD CBA project which was also funded by the DG-ECHO and implemented between the years 2013-2014 . http://www.ecoshaz.eu/site/ http://www.floodcba2.eu/site/ hmjbmhb

RISKMAP: Improving flood risk maps as a means to foster public participation and raising risk awareness: toward flood resilient communities Creation of flood risk maps within a dialogue process – with experts, decision-makers, local population Participatory framework that allows for the constructive and open engagement Embedding local knowledge and expertise into the mapping process Consideration of their views, preferences and information requirements Builds relationships/connections Increased trust Increased legitimacy Map as a tool for wider local dialogue about flood risk