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New UK Approach to Flood Risk Management

  15/10/2009
Leading industry bodies involved in the built environment have joined together in a united call for a more joined up approach to tackling urban flood risk. In a joint policy statement developed by ICE, CIWEM, RIBA, RICS, RTPI, RUSI and the Landscape Institute the group, which collectively represents over a quarter of a million built environment professionals, says it is no longer feasible to continue trying to defend communities from all flood risk and future strategies will have to be based on building flood resilience into urban design and community support.
 

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The statement stresses that to realise full benefit, resilience measures will need to contribute to creating quality urban environments and to managing the wider aspects of the water cycle.

 

Chair of the multi-institutional group David Balmforth said: "Flooding is a very real risk in the UK and one that is only going to get worse. If we rely solely on flood defences and ever larger drainage conduits, we will not be able to keep pace with climate change. We need to rethink our approach to urban design and the development of our urban communities. Flood risk management must be at the front of the planning and development process, not at the end."

 

This means using more resistant materials and methods in construction as well as creating the space in urban areas for flood water to safely pass on the surface during extreme events. Flood risk management should be factored into all new development, both to ensure that new urban areas will be sufficiently resilient and to avoid impacting on existing areas downstream. Difficult decisions over whether new development should take place at all will have to be taken in some areas.

 

Balmforth continued, "Future urban communities are likely to be quite different from those we see today. Buildings will be laid out differently to be more resilient to flooding, and roads and pathways will double up to act as flood channels during very heavy rain.

 

"Rivers will no longer be constrained behind ugly walls. We have a real opportunity to create exciting and pleasant urban communities but to do this all the professions will have to work closely together, and Government will have to lead by setting appropriate legislation and regulation in place."

 

The policy statement has been produced as a guide for the built environment professions as well as government bodies and wider industry.





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