Related Projects
New June 2016
Ten Tips for how the insurance industry can better support children and young people affected by flooding - from Save the Children and Lancaster University 
New January 2016
Be part of the National Network on Municipal Flood Resiliency in association with ICLEI Canada, The City of Calgary, and the Canadian Water Resources Association. Download the invitation (PDF 1.91 MB)
New March 2015
Ouseburn - Restoration, flood retention and enhancement opportunities and examples (report for the Environment Agency by the River Restoration Centre). Download article here (5.91 MB)
Projects
Amsterdam Water Resilient City
Blue Green Dream, Imperial College London
Construction Industry Research and Information Association - CIRIA projects
Climate Proof City, part of the Dutch Delta program
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Dance 4 Water - European FP7 project
Daylighting Rivers
Designing with water in the city, examples in Europe
EA SUDS
emBRACE - Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe
European Commission Green Infrastructure project
EU SWITCH Project, Managing Water For The City Of The Future
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) - Flood Awareness Education Platform
Foresight Future of Cities project
Flood Risk Management Research Consortium (FRMRC)
Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS) project, University of Manchester
Green Infrastructure North West, developed a calculator for estimating the benefits of green infrastructure
Greater New Orleans Water Management Strategy (Living With Water)
Hydrocitizenship (AHRC project) - join the online community of hydrocitizens
Infrastructure BUsiness models, valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery (iBUILD)
International Water Association (IWA) Cities of the Future Programme
Lamb Drove SuDS monitoring (Royal Haskoning DHV)
Managing Adaptive Responses to changing Flood Risk (MARE) EU Programme
Monitoring the benefits of SuDS at Upton - Princes Foundation project
Natural Capital Project (NatCap) - Stanford University and the University of Minnesota
PUB (2011) ABC Waters Design Programme (Singapore's national water agency)
RAMSES - Reconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for citiES (EU project)
ReNUWit: Engineering Research Center for re-inventing the Nation's urban water infrastructure (USA)
RESTORE - restoring Europe's rivers
River Restoration Centre (RRC) - working to restore and enhance our rivers
Rotterdam Adaptation strategy
Rotterdam - The Water City of the Future
Rotterdam Waterplan 2013-2018 strategy
San Francisco Better Streets Plan
Susceptibility of catchments to INTense RAinfall and flooding (SINATRA)
Sustainable Management of Urban Rivers & Floodplains (SMURF)
Sustaining Urban Habitats - An Interdisciplinary Approach (2014-2019, Leverhulme Project)
Sydney WSUD program
The ‘Ripple Effect’ – Re-imagining Birmingham and Coventry City Centers using water sensitive urban design solutions
The Urban River Survey, a scientific assessment method and suite of tools that supports the work of river managers in urban environments.
The Water Network - knowledge network for water professionals
Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow (TRUST)
UKWRIP (UK Water Research and Innovation Partnership)
UNESCO-IHE Flood Resilience Group
Urban River Basin Enhancement Methods (URBEM), providing new tools, techniques and procedures to enhance urban watercourses
Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas (URSULA), investigating the sustainable development of urban river corridors
Water@Leeds - interdisciplinary centre for water research in the UK
Reports, websites and blogs
Benefits of Green Infrastructure (Forest Research, Defra)
Center for Watershed Protection - Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual Series
CIRIA - Construction Industry Research and Information Association
Cloudburst Management plan, creating a green and blue Copenhagen
Creating water sensitive places - Scoping the potential for Water Sensitive Urban Design in the UK (CIRIA)
Defra - Developing Urban Blue corridors 2011, Scoping Study FD2619
Delivering biodiversity benefits through green infrastructure (CIRIA)
Demonstrating the benefits of SuDS - Developing a business case (CIRIA RP993)
Engineering Nature's Way, blog posts on SuDS and flood risk management in the UK
Essential Guide to Flood Preparation and Planning (Polygon)
Foresight Future of Cities blog
Green Living Space Plan Birmingham, September 2013 (2.24 MB)
Home Emergency Preparedness (National Safety Council)
Melbourne Water: WSUD guidelines
National Standards for SuDS (Defra)
Plan and prepare for flooding (American Red Cross)
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) - Watercourses in the Community: A guide to sustainable watercourse management in the urban environment
SEPA SuDS
SUSDRAIN - The community for sustainable drainage
SUDSnet - Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Network
The Impact of Extreme Events on Freshwater Ecosystems, The British Ecological Society 2013