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

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7. Flood Hazard Research Centre Sally Priest

8. 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
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9. 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

10. 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

11. FHRC Selected research projects

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts – Toolkit
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

16. 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.
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.

17. 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
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
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18. 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