11 Jul 2014
CMS News has gets it input from a wide range of eNews sources and we regularly promote these. For anyone working in the UK Flooding sector UK Flood News has become a mine of valuable information. The stories covered below illustrate the breadth of their coverage. Counting The £1Bn Plus Cost Of The Winter Floods […]
21 Jun 2014
EFRA Committee ‘The devastating floods of last winter could hit England again unless government funding cuts to flood defence budgets are reversed, MPs warned environment secretary, Owen Paterson, on last week. “Overall funding does not reflect the increased flood risk” being driven by climate change, the MPs’ report found, while money for the maintenance of […]
10 Jun 2014
The second project was a major beach regeneration scheme on the Dutch coast, described by Jaan Flikweert of Royal Haskoning DHV. This project – primarily intended to improve coastal flood defences – placed 21.5 million cubic metres of sand at one location and allowed natural processes to transport the sand to where it was needed. […]
02 Jun 2014
Project Report: On 5th and 6th December 2013 the largest storm surge in 60 years hit the East Coast of England, causing extensive damage to property and habitats. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts with confidence that in the 21st Century sea levels will rise, the rate at which sea levels continue to rise […]
27 May 2014
RE: ABPmer have been leading the way with their work on coastal management – this article covers both the recent success of the Selsey managed realignment but also ‘advance the line’/reuse of sediments. ABPmer: ‘The 2013/14 winter brought the issue of coastal flooding and management into particularly sharp focus in the UK. The large storm-induced […]
20 May 2014
Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell: ‘A recent paper of mine analyses the available data on flood damage since 1947 and up to 2010. The results show that annual average economic fluvial and coastal flood damage over the last two decades or so – a period seeing several large flood events – had not amounted to more than […]
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