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New insights into flood risk management
Recent floods and their devastating consequences have highlighted the importance of flood risk mitigation and management. Research commissioned by the Environment Agency at HR Wallingford, an OU Affiliated Research Centre, has produced new tools for reducing uncertainty in flood level estimations. These tools are designed for consultants, engineers and local authorities dealing with flood risk assessment, river modelling, watercourse maintenance and drainage system design. They are also valuable training materials for professionals and postgraduate students.
Research outputs include the open source ‘Conveyance and Afflux Estimation System’ software (now recommended for a variety of river flow applications by the Environment Agency), as well as ‘Practical Channel Hydraulics’ (the first reference guide to focus on modelling roughness, conveyance and afflux in fluvial hydraulics).
The authors of Practical Channel Hydraulics are Caroline Mc Gahey (a former OU PhD student funded by HR Wallingford), Paul Samuels (HR Wallingford), Donald Knight (University of Birmingham), and Rob Lamb (JBA consulting).
Useful links:
Project website
Conveyance and Afflux Estimation System (CES/AES) open source software
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