Stormwater Flooding in the UK; Institutional, Planning and Technical ResponsesThe paper describes how legislatures and government agencies in England and Scotland have responded to the emerging issue of stormwater flooding (also called surface water flooding or pluvial flooding) in cities. Climate change...
Over half of the world is covered with water, we need it to stay alive. When there's too much water, or water in the wrong place, it's a problem we call flooding In the UK people are sometimes forced out of their homes when lots of rain has fallen in a short space of time and...
To quantify, so far as possible, the health effects of flooding in the UK to allow comparison between different flooding events. The health effects resulting from flooding events were determined through an extensive literature search, where information existed to enable the quantification of these effe...
In 1607, it is estimated that up to 2,000 people drowned on low-lying coastlines around the Bristol Channel12. This is the greatest loss of life from any sudden-onset natural catastrophe in the UK during the last 500 years13. During the 'Great Storm' of 1703, the Bristol Channel was ...
5.FloodIn the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah. v.flood·ed,flood·ing,floods v.tr. 1.To cover or submerge with water; inundate:The town was flooded when the dam burst. 2.To move into or fill in large numbers or amounts:People floo...
A rise in the number of reported floods in the UK over the past 129 years can mainly be explained by increased exposure, resulting from urban expansion and population growth, according to new research by the University of Southampton.
An attempt to quantify the health impacts of flooding in the UK using an urban case study To quantify, so far as possible, the health effects of flooding in the UK to allow comparison between different flooding events. The health effects resulti... L Fewtrell,D Kay - 《Public Health》 被...
UK Reinsurer Flood Re Offers Vision of Its Own Demise The UK has seen a pattern of severe flooding over the past 10 years linked to an increase in extreme weather events, such as winter storms, as the country's climate changes. Climate change will put region at high risk of flooding; ...
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Urban and river flooding: Comparison of flood risk management approaches in the UK and China and an assessment of future knowledge needsUrban and river flooding: Comparison of flood risk management approaches in the UK and China and an assessment of future knowledge needsUrbanflooding...