Archive for 'flooding'
Coastal Change Pathfinder Review
This report provides a high level review of Defra’s Coastal Change Pathfinder Programme, which aimed to road test new and innovative approaches to planning for and managing coastal change.
Coastal Pathfinder Evaluation: An Assessment of the Five Largest Pathfinder Projects
This report provides an in-depth assessment of the five largest Coastal Change Pathfinder projects.
Exercise Watermark final report
A report into the findings of Exercise Watermark, Britain’s biggest ever civil emergency exercise, designed to test the country’s response to floods. It is the largest and most successful civil defence ‘preparedness’ event ever held in England and Wales. The Pitt Review of the 2007 summer floods recommended a wide-ranging test of our emergency response [...]
The Government’s Response to Sir Michael Pitt’s Review of the summer 2007 Floods
A year on from the Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review into the 2007 summer floods, this is the second Government progress report showing what action has been taken to ensure we are better placed to predict, prepare for, deal with and recover from the unique challenges posed by flooding events.
Surface Water Management Plan Technical Guidance
This new SWMP guidance seeks to provide a simplified overarching framework which allows different organisations to work together and develop a shared understanding of the most suitable solutions to surface water flooding problems.
The National Flood Emergency Framework For England
The concept of a National Flood Emergency Framework was promoted by Sir Michael Pitt in his report on the summer 2007 floods. Its purpose is to provide a forward looking policy framework for flood emergency planning and response.
Flooding and insurance – a roadmap to 2013 and beyond
Insurance plays a key role in flood risk management. Defra Ministers hosted a meeting in September 2010 to discuss flooding and insurance.
Floods Evidence Plan 2011/12
Evidence Plans are part of Defra’s business planning processes. They have been developed for each policy programme, ongoing function or hub with a substantial evidence base. Further information Flooding
Appraisal of flood and coastal erosion risk management: A Defra policy statement (June 2009)
Defra has published its Policy Statement on Appraisal of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, which contains policies and outlines guidance for operating authorities and others involved in managing flood and coastal erosion risk.
The Government’s Response to Sir Michael Pitt’s Review of the Summer 2007 Floods
An independent review of the 2007 flooding, led by Sir Michael Pitt, looked at its causes and subsequent management to see what lessons needed to be learned about how to manage and respond to this type of event in the future.