Future flooding - Scotland

Publication Year

2004

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Analyses the extent and nature of future risks of flooding and coastal erosion, specifically for Scotland. Issues covered include flood management, flood prevention, flood-risk assessment, flood warning, coastal flooding, fluvial systems and processes, climate change (inland), human behaviour, catchment runoff and coastal processes.

Document History

Related to the following: Mid-term review. January 2011. Foresight project: flood and coastal defence (BIS, 2012); Update of the Foresight Future Flooding 2004 qualitative risk analysis - an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt and Learning lessons from the 2007 floods: an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt: final report (also known as the Pitt Review) (both Cabinet Office, 2008). Also to be read with other reports produced for the Foresight programme which include: Future flooding - executive summary (DTI, 2004); Future flooding - scientific summary. Volume 1 - future risks and their drivers (DTI, 2004); Future flooding - scientific summary. Volume 2 - managing future risks (DTI, 2004) and Future flooding - action plan (DTI, 2004). This document has been archived by its original publisher.

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