Ark: A National Flood Resilience Centre

17 Pages·2017·1.34 MB·English

by  Microsoft Office User

Ark: A National Flood
Resilience Centre
20 March 2018
The Context
• Flood risk high on the National Risk Register
• Investment in building resilience and de-risking flood response
• Improve predictions, inform and empower communities
• High cost of managing consequences of flooding
• Research and innovation need
The Context - Flood Risk
• Approximately 5 million properties
at risk of flooding
• Our major commercial centres and
key infrastructure also at risk
• Flooding and extreme weather
events are likely to be more
frequent with climate change
The National
Context
The
Regional
Context
• One of most flood-prone regions in UK
• At risk from all types of flood
• >400,000 people live or work
in low-lying land in region
• Large industry with critical national
infrastructure
• Flood risk tied to economic prosperity
of the region
• Recent significant flood events in 2007,
2010, and 2013
A real flood
environment
Current
training
Multi-agency
working
Hazardous
environments
The Ark project
Training. Research. Innovation.