Projects
Projects Flooding & Coastal Erosion
22nd August 2018
The attitudes of communities at risk of flooding to natural flood management
Working with natural processes to manage flood risk (natural flood management or NFM) is integrated into Scottish flood risk management (FRM) planning through the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009. Currently 106 actions have been identified in the FRM Strategies and Local FRM Plans which...
30th November 2017
National Coastal Change Assessment 2: Enhancing the evidence base and our ability to adapt
The CREW-funded National Coastal Change Assessment (NCCA) has revolutionised the evidence base of coastal change. The entire 21,000 km of the Scottish coastline has been categorised and 3,800 km of potentially erodible ‘soft’ coast identified and investigated to quantify historic and recent...
1st May 2017
Quantifying rates of urban creep in Scotland
Various studies have shown that land cover in urban areas tends to become more impermeable (e.g. front gardens are paved over) over time; this is often referred to as urban creep. Urban creep is likely to be a significant factor in surface water flood risk in the future. In order to manage flood...
1st January 2017
Initiating a Scottish Natural Flood Management Network for sharing best practice
Scotland is seen as leading the way in the implementation of the Floods Directive, particularly with respect to natural flood management (NFM). There is a significant amount of work taking place across Scotland in order to deliver NFM projects and there is a clear need for knowledge exchange (e.g....
21st November 2016
Assessing the impacts of flooding on people and communities
We have recently witnessed some of the worst flooding in living memory in Scotland. We know from previous research (2007 Werritty et al) that the impacts on people’s lives can be devastating and long term. It is essential that we understand these impacts better and consider what types of support...
1st September 2016
Assessing the effectiveness of Scotland’s public flood warning service
As Scotland’s flood warning authority under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, and in undertaking Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Category 1 duties, SEPA produced a Flood Warning Strategy (2012-16) to help deliver a strategic vision of the flood warning service. Specifically the service...
16th May 2016
Evaluating the impact of the Scottish Government funded Community Resilience Development Officer Post
The Scottish Government (SG) funds a development officer post at Education Scotland, to help embed resilience thinking and resources (located on the Ready for Emergencies website) within the Curriculum for Excellence delivered in Scottish schools. This includes teaching on: the causes of extreme...
1st April 2016
Investigation of shallow water LiDAR
Ongoing assessment of water body condition is fundamental to meeting the objectives of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). The morphological status of the water bodies has an important role within the WFD, for this reason, an accurate assessment of status of the physical condition will be of...
1st June 2015
Design and build Guidance for Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems to collect / intercept field or steading run-off
Run-off from fields and farm steadings can present a pollution risk to receiving waterbodies. Treatment systems such as RSuDS have the potential to help reduce the pollution risks such drainage can present. The SRDP 2014-2020 contains options to help provide a contribution towards the costs of...
1st December 2014
Scotland's Coastal Change Assessment
The Coastal Change Assessment aims to create a shared evidence base to support more sustainable coastal and terrestrial planning decisions in the light of a changing climate.
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 requires the development of an Adaptation Programme to take forward the risks...
