Beyond PPS25 - should uncertainty in flood risk mapping make a difference?
- Date(s)
- 28 September 2010
- Time
- 09:00 - 16:00
- Venue
- LEC Training Rooms 1 & 2, Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster
- Price
- Free
- Organiser
- Development Planning Network
- Description
To book please visit: http://www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/download/rtpi_ccn_september.pdf
The Catchment Change Network (www.catchmentchange.net) is a NERC-funded Knowledge Exchange Network developing Guidance within the area of flood risk and future change, specifically the importance of visualizing an uncertain flood risk in the future using different flood risk mapping methods, which is clearly of importance to the planning and development communities.
Aims of the discussion session
The session aims to prompt an initial discussion and provide a first step for developing a general framework and practical guidance for dealing with uncertainty, with a particular focus on flood data, modelling and mapping. As part of this process we would like to learn from your experience and opinions on important sources of uncertainty and discuss ideas for assessing and communicating them.
You will help us to shape the format and contents of Guidelines and how they could support decision making. This should support a consistent approach for making explicit uncertainties in flood risk data, modelling and mapping that are currently difficult to gauge, inferred or are hidden in mapped communications of flood risk.
The RTPI has a dedicated webpage to the Catchment Change Network at http://www.rtpi.org.uk/item/3506
Event Location & Directions
The Environment Centre can be found on the Lancaster University campus, the building is numbered 39 and the entrance is on Library Avenue. At busy times, additional parking is available on Alexandra Park located on south-west campus.
The time of the session is to be confirmed
