Background
NFM provides better flood risk management and also has the potential to deliver other benefits, including water quality improved amenity and supporting biodiversity. The overall aim of NFM is to ‘protect, restore and emulate the natural functions of catchments, floodplains, rivers and the coast’ (Pitt, 2008) this can also contribute to Natural Capital and delivery of the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan. NFM can take many different forms and can be applied at different scales, in urban and rural areas, and on rivers, estuaries and coasts.
A wide range of measures can be used to reduce flood risk by slowing, attenuating and storing runoff and flows whilst achieving other benefits. For example, restoring peat moorlands, targeted woodland planting, and improving floodplain connectivity could help reduce flood risk to communities downstream. We can combine and complement more traditional hard engineering flood risk management infrastructure with NFM (and SuDS ) to manage overall flood risk, improve resilience and improve our local environment.
While the Working with Natural Process (WwNP) research framework provided an evidence base on the performance of NFM measures there’s still more to do to improve confidence in NFM delivery and support the contribution it can make to overall flood risk management. This seminar will present case studies and explain how evidence has underpinned good practice.
Why attend?
Delegates at this event will:
- Hear from a range of organisations and disciplines with an interest in NFM
- Learn about specific project case studies
- Network with industry professionals and peers
Programme
14:00 Registration
14:30 Jonathan Simm, HR Wallingford
14:35 Alex Nicholson, Arup
15:00 Victoria Boorman, London Borough of Hillingdon
15:25 Jon Hollis, Environment Agency
15:50 Steve Maslen, JBA Consulting
16:15 Panel Discussion and Q&A
16:45 Close
Who should attend?
Flood Risk Management Authorities (LLFA, Regulators, IDBs, WaSCs, HE), Landowners/land managers, Environmental regulators, Rivers Trusts and other relevant NGOs, Local government decision makers, Flood risk engineers, Landscape architects, Engineering and landscape contractors, Ecologists, Academics.
When
Wednesday 6 March 2019
14:00 - 16:45
Where
CIRIA Offices
Griffin Court
15 Long Lane
London, EC1A 9PN
Fees
Free for CIRIA members
£95+VAT for all other attendees
Booking
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