Talk at Lib Spring Conference 2016

1. Citizen participation in
flood risk assessment
Dr Albert S. Chen
Centre for Water Systems
University of Exeter
Liberal Democrats Spring Conference, York, 12 March 2016

2. FloodHack 2016
The First Winner team LIVE
P Barnard
P Watson
AS Chen
LP Wang
S Griffiths
L Ludwinski
(Photo courtesy: Florian Rathgeber)

3. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)

4. Now Future
Weather Forecast
-> Flood Forecast

6. Flood probability from GloFAS
5 Year Return Period
Exceedance
20 Year Return Period
Exceedance

7. What can we do with GloFAS?

8. Simple Clear
Relevant Global
Hack ideas

9.  GloFAS forecast -> 'Time to respond' map
 Applications
 Crisis infrastructure asset management
(power grid, substation, rail, road etc.)
 Prioritisation of emergency resources allocating
 Evacuation plans
(hospitals, schools, healthcare, etc.)
 Logistic rerouting
LIVE
(Logistic and Infrastructure Visual Evaluation)
(2007, Pitt’s Review)

10. Flood forecasting by GloFAS

11. Time to respond

12. TTR for Substations

13. Prioritisation map

14. Can we make it better?

15. Understanding of flooding
&
Data
8
Tools
$
Knowledge
:
Resources

16. Flood
Modelling
Impact
Assessment
Resilience
Strategies
Critical
Infrastructure
Centre for Water systems
CADDIES
SINATRA
CORFU
PEARL
Safe&SuRe
RESCCUE
EU-CIRCLE

17. FLOOD-FREEWARE
Open
framework
Integration
Collaboration
Sharing
&
Data
8
Tools
$
Knowledge
:
Resources

18.  Build the models for your communities
 What-if scenarios
 Near real time modelling & warning
(SMS, Mobile apps)
 Contribute and share your knowledge
& data
FLOOD-FREEWARE

19. Acknowledgement
 FloodHack
 ECMWF
 Copernicus
 JRC
 Team LIVE
 Funding support
 EPSRC (CADDIES, Safe&SuRe)
 NERC (SINATRA)
 EU FP7 (CORFU, PEARL)
 EU H2020 (EU-CIRCLE, RESCCUE)

20. Thank you & questions?
Dr Albert S. Chen
Centre for Water Systems
University of Exeter
a.s.chen@exeter.ac.uk
AlbertChenExeter
@AlbertChen_CWS
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