Summing it all up

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

by Donald W Knight, Emeritus Professor, the University of Birmingham

The Royal Society, 5th September, 2011

What has been achieved?

Inundation modelling – fluvial, coastal & urban

Infrastructure behaviour and management in floods

Impact of land use management on flood risk

Uncertainty in our estimates and tools to deal with it

Significant advances in understanding:

Significant advances in practical applications:

Integration, case studies via co-location workshops, improved software, new flood risk management tools, etc.

What next?

?

We have done it all!

Done and dusted!

However, floods will still be a major problem, so research must be ongoing

The danger of complacency

Courtesy, HRWallingford

What is left after the event?

Annual reports Academic papers (250+)Books

Data archivesWebsite

Trained young professionals into flood risk management

Knowledge base

New collaborations

The obvious:

The equally important:

International links & impact

Contacts with stakeholders & politicians

New funding for further work

And finally thanks to …

The many individual researchers

All team leaders

The Super Work Package leaders

The Strategic Advisory Board

Management team & administrators

All six funders

Professors Ian Cluckie & Gareth Pender