University of Glasgow April 2016 – December 2017 Using this framework can help understand the costs and benefits of applying green infrastructure principles to hard infrastructure like bridges and estuary walls. As businesses operate as part of a community, communities can also benefit from these investments in GI Research Council: NERC Larissa Naylor @biogeomorph University … Continue reading A decision framework for integrated green grey infrastructure (IGGIframe)
Tag: Transportation
Blue-Green Cities: Delivering and evaluating multiple flood risk benefits
University of Nottingham 2013–2016 Blue-Green infrastructure aimed to increase understanding of people’s perceptions and provide a methodology for the robust evaluation of the multiple functionalities of Blue-Green infrastructure which demonstrates the relative significance of benefits in context specific locations. This tool compliments CIRIA BeST (Benefits of SuDS Tool), and the team are now embarking on … Continue reading Blue-Green Cities: Delivering and evaluating multiple flood risk benefits
Evaluating the resilience of critical infrastructure for emergency response to extreme flood events in Leicester City
Loughborough University 2015 Whilst in the possession of a wealth of data and abundant local knowledge, emergency responders often find it challenging to apply existing flood ‘hotspot’ data to assist strategic planning and operational response. An interdisciplinary team of researchers with project partners from the City of Leicester, UK, evaluated the resilience of emergency response … Continue reading Evaluating the resilience of critical infrastructure for emergency response to extreme flood events in Leicester City
Future urban flood risk management
Newcastle University October 2016 – September 2019 Our intent is to work out and demonstrate how resilience to floods and droughts can be achieved using integrated systems of Blue-Green and Grey assets, no matter how climate changes in future, assuring continuous, long term service delivery. Research Council: EPSRC Chris Kilsby
Green approaches in river engineering – supporting implementation of green infrastructure
HR Wallingford February 2016 – April 2017 The river or watercourse is a natural or semi-natural corridor or infrastructure element. Rivers are part of this green network, which has the potential to provide higher resilience and cost-effectiveness as well as more social and environmental benefits than conventional infrastructure. This research brings together the strategic arguments … Continue reading Green approaches in river engineering – supporting implementation of green infrastructure
Resilience of national transport networks to flood-induced bridge failures
Newcastle University November 2016 – October 2019 WATCH THIS SPACE: This fellowship programme will develop a regional and national model for assessing and improving transport resilience to bridge vulnerabilities and failures from flood-induced phenomena on the transport network, and a method of prioritising investment to enhance resilience. Research Council: EPSRC Maria Pregnolato Resilience of national … Continue reading Resilience of national transport networks to flood-induced bridge failures
Resource implications of adaptation of infrastructure to global change
Newcastle University February 2010 – January 2015 Effective flood incident management (FIM) requires successful operation of complex, interacting human and technological systems. A dynamic agent-based model of FIM processes has been developed to provide new insights which can be used for policy analysis and other practical applications. The model integrates remotely sensed information on topography, … Continue reading Resource implications of adaptation of infrastructure to global change
Smart forecasting: joined-up flood forecasting (FF) infrastructure with uncertainties
University of Sheffield July 2016 – June 2021 WATCH THIS SPACE: Reliable and comprehensive flood forecasting is crucial to ensure resilient cities and sustainable socio-economic development in a future faced with an unprecedented increase in atmospheric temperature and intensified precipitation. Research Council: EPSRC Georges Kesserwani Fellowship award for Dr Georges Kesserwani
The economics and financing of resilient urban infrastructure
University of Leeds January 2018 – January 2021 The essential upgrading required by existing UK infrastructure rates poorly compared to that of other advanced economies (HM Government, 2017). Poor infrastructure affects the productivity and competitiveness of businesses and industries, and increases the risks of adverse economic and social impacts due to extreme weather events, such … Continue reading The economics and financing of resilient urban infrastructure