October 13, 2009

the climate series: the future of flooding

Speakers:
Dr Scott Steedman, Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Peter E Jones, Head of Flood and Coastal Risk Management Branch, Welsh Assembly Government
Prof Roger Falconer, Halcrow Professor of Water Management, Cardiff University
Michael Norton, Managing Director of Water and Power, Halcrow

This briefing, held to preview a meeting at the Royal Academy of Engineering, and in association with the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, examined the UK’s present strategy for dealing with the threat of major flooding events, which are predicted to become more frequent in the future.