1. Collaborating for sustainable growth
Charlie Wood
Environment Agency,
Environment Planning Manager London
Helen Ward Natural England, West Anglia Manager

2. Healthiest and most beautiful environment

3. Environment Agency

4. Natural England

5. Why engage early with us?
After 2012
Before 2012

6. London Gateway

7. Thames Tideway Tunnel

8. Rams Quarter - Wandsworth
After
Before

9. Opportunities and pressures

10. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE THAMES ESTUARY
Alan Yates Principal Consultant IEA
Briefing for TEP Annual Forum
Nov 2016

11. Institute for environmental analytics (IEA) Key facts
“Using analytical techniques to support better decisions on our interactions with the environment”
Established mid-2015 with c.£6m start-up funding
Expert core team
Skilled in data science, environmental modelling, software engineering, Earth Observation, GIS and data visualisation.
Approx 20 public and private sector partners

12. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Typically a “proof of concept” to demonstrate potential value or initial feasibility
Short duration - typically months
Helps to build a case for further investment
Does not produce operational tools or services – further development needed

13. A Demonstration project for the EA and TEP stakeholders
Aim 1
Can monitoring land use change help assess the adequacy of flood risk management policy?
Test the use of open and commercial satellite data sources for identifying land use changes due to development in the Thames estuary ( ).
Aim 2
Assess options for developing an interactive web tool for sharing environmental data
e.g. ecological status, WFD measures, marine data, flood risk management requirements
Source: London development database

14. Updated Classifications of land use
Source CEH Landcover 2007

15. Land use Change detection
Area of increased surface roughness (due to development – or other reasons)
Change map based on ESA Sentinel 1 SAR amplitude imagery
Comparison of Oct 2015 with Sept 2016

16. Land use change detection
Area of decreased surface roughness (possibly due to redevelopment - or other reasons)
Change map based on ESA Sentinel 1 SAR amplitude imagery
Comparison of Oct 2015 with Sept 2016

17. Land use change detection
Area of decreased surface roughness (possibly due to redevelopment - or other reasons)
Area of increased surface roughness (due to development – or other reasons)
Change map based on ESA Sentinel 1 SAR amplitude imagery
Comparison of Oct 2015 with Sept 2016

18. Approved future developments
Approved developments not started as of Mar 2016
Source: London Development Database: Approved developments not started Mar 2016

19. Proposed actions and future options
Proposed actions - WFD mitigation measures
Source: Tidal Thames Actions

20. More to come when we have IT!
For now:
Do you have datasets that are relevant and which you are willing and able to share
either raw data or link to existing site?
Would you be able to make use of such a tool?
If so - how?
For further information, please contact:
with the subject line ‘Data Sharing’.

21. Any Questions?