Entries for the 'Flood Risk' Category

Local contributions and alternative funding sources will need to play a bigger part in flood prevention in the future, Dr Paul Leinster of the Environment Agency has said

Around 950,000 homes and businesses register to receive warnings from the Environment Agency's Floodline Warnings Direct

Houses on stilts, floating communities and returning urban areas to saltmarsh are radical approaches to tackling the threat of flooding, according to a study

The Environment Agency has found that the standard of protection provided by the tidal defences in the London Thames Gateway is “higher than previously anticipated”

Ministers have clarified current Government thinking on the impact of growing flood threats on property development

Communities minister Ian Austin has released details of the number of homes built in each English region, and estimates of those built in areas of high flood risk in each region, for the past 10 years

The Government chose what was possibly the wettest day ever recorded in England to launch its Flood and Water Management Bill

Climate change featured prominently in the Queen’s speech today, coming in second only to economic recovery, as two Bills were released by the Government

The Environment Agency has spent £114m on designing and constructing new flood defenses and maintaining existing ones in the West Midlands

A new 32-page report Designing for Flood Risk, published by RIBA, takes a design-led approach to addressing flood risk