Social vulnerability and flooding

CEP has long-standing experience and expertise in the field of flood risk management and social and institutional issues relating to flooding. We provide research and advice relating to flood warning, flood recovery, as well as vulnerability and resilience. Our work includes a track record of working for the Environment Agency for England and Wales and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). We are increasingly working on the implementation of the European floods Directive.

Example projects include:

Community Resilience Research: theoretical research and analysis of UK community resilience. For Cabinet Office and DSTL (with Kingston University). 2011

Expert advice to UK Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Research Strategy as Member of LWEC Flooding Group (Social and Economic Theme). For Living With Environmental Change. 2010.

Understanding Uncertainty and Risk in communicating about floods (UR Flood) CRUE ERA-NET Second Joint Funding Initiative on 'Flood Resilient Communities, Managing the Consequences of Flooding' (with Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Suomen ympäristökeskus (SYKE) (Finnish Environment Institute), University College Dublin and CIRPA (Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Psicologia Ambientale). 2010 - 2011.

Increasing the adaptation of rural communities to flood and coastal erosion management. For the Environment Agency for England and Wales. 2010.

Flood, vulnerability and urban resilience: a real time study of local recovery following the floods of June 2007 in Hull (Lancaster University). For the Economic and Social Research Council (NERC). 2007-2010.

Addressing the collection and management of data on the social aspects of flooding. For the Environment Agency for England and Wales, 2009 - 2010.

Liaison role for FloodSITE project. For the Environment Agency England and Wales. 2004 - 2009.