Planning and Construction

A listing of research examples that have benefited the planning and construction industries.

Planning and Construction

The challenge for town planners is to maximise the utility of land for public usage, while creating spaces in which people enjoy living and working within a more natural environment.  In recent years there has been far greater awareness of the benefits to human well being to natural living spaces on the one hand, and to the use of green infrastructure t provide long term, lower cost, lower maintenance solutions to water management in urban areas.

How can weather radar help to predict flooding?

The challenge

There is the need for Improvement,  in relation to increased lead times for predicting events, probabilistic forecasting and more accurate local-scale forecasts at a city or town level.

The solution

HYRAD is an advanced weather radar display system for PCs providing real-time receipt of radar and other hydrometeorological products, database and archiving facilities, and a hydrological processing kernel for improved rainfall estimation and forecasting.

How can the risks of groundwater flooding be reduced?

The challenge

An estimated 1.6 million properties are at risk of groundwater flooding in England and Wales, and the resulting expense to people and businesses can be very significant.

Following the EU Floods Directive in 2008, an assessment of the risk of groundwater flood risk is now a legal requirement across the UK.

The Environment Agency and local authorities need improved groundwater flood risk maps and datasets to prepare local flood risk assessments and management strategies.

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