Hydrological Extremes, Coasts and Risk Management
Building Public Health Resilience to Fluvial Flooding in Scotland
Climate change is increasing our exposure to fluvial flooding in Scotland. Physical and mental health are negatively impacted by flooding, with the greatest health impacts in the UK and Scotland on mental health. This CREW Policy Brief reviews the literature on the public health impacts of fluvial flooding, including physical and mental health impacts, and identifies factors that influence health resilience to flooding.
Climate Crisis: informing Scotland’s actionable mitigation and adaptation response to water scarcity
Scotland’s climate is changing at a rate unprecedented in human history. We are becoming exposed to climate related risks, such as water scarcity, that were not considered significant in the past and have not been planned for. The first phase in addressing this shift in risk has been to develop early warning and emergency measures to mitigate the impacts of exceptional events such as the 2018 European drought and its impact in Scotland.
Mitigating climate change impacts on the water quality of Scottish standing waters
There is a policy focus at national and international levels on mitigating climate change impacts by reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sequestration. However, even if we can slow climate change down, we cannot prevent or reverse it. So, alternative approaches must be used to lessen its effects. These include adaptive interventions that increase the resilience, and reduce the vulnerability, of people and nature to weather extremes and other climate change impacts.
World Water Day 2024 - Register now!
The Hydro Nation International Centre's World Water Day event, 'Leveraging water for a just transition' is fast approaching.
On 22nd March 2024, this hybrid event with live streaming will take place at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.
The programme for the event and Eventbrite link to register are available here: 2024 | Hydronation International Centre (hnic.scot)
Science Policy Fellowship: Policy to Preparedness: Flood policy and community engagement
CREW Code: CSPF2023_03
Theme: Hydrological Extremes, Coasts and Risk Management
Type of project: CREW Science Policy Fellowship
Project Status: Project complete. Click here to visit the publication page to view the project outputs.
Lead research team: Glasgow Caladonian University
Science Policy Fellowship: Resilience to Fluvial Flooding: Knowns and Unknowns to Recommendations for Management
CREW Code: CSPF2023_02
Theme: Hydrological Extremes, Coasts and Risk Management
Type of project: CREW Science Policy Fellowship
Project Status: Project complete. Click here to visit the publication page to view the project outputs.
Lead research team: Heriot-Watt University
Science Policy Fellowship: Building Public Health Resilience to Fluvial Flooding in Scotland
CREW Code: CSPF2023_01
Theme: Hydrological Extremes, Coasts and Risk Management
Type of project: CREW Science Policy Fellowship
Project Status: Project complete. Click here to visit the publication page to view the project outputs.
Lead research team: University of Glasgow