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11 April 2011
Flood Recovery in the UK
Dr Rebecca Whittle (Lancaster University, UK) will make the keynote presentation. Tuesday 12 April, 2011.
In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long-term experiences of flood recovery. The study used an action research model to document and understand the everyday experiences of individuals following the floods. The project has fed into policy in a number of ways. It provided evidence to the Pitt Review of the nationwide 2007 flooding. Staff from the UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies’ Secretariat were very involved in the project steering group, which led to the development of good working relationships between the Secretariat, research team and a number of the participants. Several of the project’s participants have since set up as independent flood consultants.
Introductory comments: Professor John Handmer, RMIT University
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Title: |
Flood Recovery in the UK |
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Presenters: |
Dr Rebecca White (Lancaster University, UK) Professor John Handmer (RMIT University) |
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Date: |
2011-04-12 |
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Time: |
3.30 – 5.00 pm Followed by refreshments |
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RSVP: |
Frank Yardley (frank.yardley@rmit.edu.au) |
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Location: |
RMIT University, City Campus |
About the keynote presenter
Dr Rebecca Whittle is a senior research associate in the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University in the UK. She has spent the past four years studying natual disasters from a social science perspective. She is particularly interested in using ideas of resilience and vulnerability to explore adults’ and children’s experiences of long-term disaster recovery. Rebecca has also worked with CapHaz-Net, a European project on a range of natural disasters.
Further information
For further information, please contact Frank Yardley or John Handmer.
Sponsors
NCCARF Emergency Management Network (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network), CRaCS (RMIT’s Centre for Risk and Community Safety) and The Global Cities Research Institute Human Security Program.