Flooding & Erosion
RPA has extensive experience in both policy and project appraisal for flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM). Specifically our areas of work include:
- developing, applying and reviewing assessment and appraisal methodologies
for government flood risk management policy;
- reviewing approaches to the valuation of social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of flood risk management;
- preparing studies related to specific flood and coastal erosion
risk management projects;
- undertaking policy and project appraisals
on flood risk management, coast protection, water level management
and land drainage schemes for the Environment Agency, Internal
Drainage Boards and District Councils;
- producing decision-making
frameworks, such as identifying appropriate standards of defence
for conservation sites for English Nature and assessing policy
options for the UK Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) guidance document;
and
- providing training for those undertaking project appraisals of strategies and schemes, including on specific aspects of the project appraisal process.
