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#flooddefences

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Steve B<p>Usual “no expert” disclaimer, but…</p><p>Surely flood defences don’t solve any problems, it just shifts it downstream.</p><p>With some places now seeing almost annual flooding as nearby rivers burst their banks, isn’t it time to let nature do its thing and turn some areas over to the rivers?</p><p>Obviously this is no easy thing, but trying to control nature is pointless.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/flooddefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooddefences</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Flood defences in disrepair across <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryWreckage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryWreckage</span></a></p><p>The asset condition of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FloodDefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodDefences</span></a> shows proportion of those being in adequate condition now stands at just 92.6%, it was 97.9% in 2018-19</p><p>Optimal level is 98%</p><p>Approximately 5.7mil properties in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> at risk of flooding. an increase of 500k between 2021-22 &amp; 2022-23 alone</p><p>1% decrease in adequate flood defences puts additional 10k properties at risk</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/15/key-flood-defences-in-disrepair-across-england-as-wet-autumn-looms-data-reveals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/sep/15/key-flood-defences-in-disrepair-across-england-as-wet-autumn-looms-data-reveals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CutsKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CutsKill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Simon Worthington<p>Hackathon participants from Gujarat <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/semanticClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semanticClimate</span></a> - <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/architects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architects</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Urbanistik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanistik</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/carbontraders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbontraders</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/flooddefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooddefences</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/desiners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desiners</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/spacesyntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacesyntax</span></a> using <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/nlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nlp</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> for automated searching of worlds climate literature with lit-reviews made from 100s of thousands of papers down to a pin-point sets in minutes rather than months :-)</p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Growing proportion of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FloodDefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodDefences</span></a> in disrepair, analysis finds</p><p>Poor state of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CriticalAssets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalAssets</span></a> in many parts of country leaves thousands of homes and businesses more vulnerable to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/01/growing-proportion-of-englands-flood-defences-in-disrepair-analysis-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/jan/01/growing-proportion-of-englands-flood-defences-in-disrepair-analysis-finds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnderfundingPublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderfundingPublicServices</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>More than 4,000 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FloodDefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodDefences</span></a> ‘almost useless’, analysis finds</p><p>Exclusive: Hundreds of ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ defences are in areas battered by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StormBabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StormBabet</span></a>, according to analysis by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Unearthed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unearthed</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/30/more-than-4000-english-flood-defences-almost-useless-analysis-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/oct/30/more-than-4000-english-flood-defences-almost-useless-analysis-finds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DontLookUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontLookUp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryIndifference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryIndifference</span></a></p>
Abby Crisostomo<p>Big seawalls cutting people off from the water? This same thing could happen in London if we don't get serious about delivering the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan now! It's not just about a new Thames Barrier. London still has a chance to design good waterfronts. But time is running out. <a href="https://buff.ly/3QFKx7h" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/3QFKx7h</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/riverthames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riverthames</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/tidalfloodrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tidalfloodrisk</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/floodrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floodrisk</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/seawalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seawalls</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/flooddefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooddefences</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/te2100plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>te2100plan</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/thamesbarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thamesbarrier</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a></p>
Richard Jones<p>Inviting anyone interested in UK <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rivers</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flood</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NaturalFloodManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaturalFloodManagement</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FloodDefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FloodDefences</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverRestoration</span></a> to join me on a stage of this <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Walk</span></a> this summer: to walk &amp; talk, to share expertise &amp; insight. Very keen to meet river/flood professionals &amp; local communities/schools along the route. Spread the word. Dates yet to be confirmed. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lincolnshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lincolnshire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nottinghamshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nottinghamshire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leicestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leicestershire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Warwickshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Warwickshire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worcestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Worcestershire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gloucestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gloucestershire</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverTrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverTrent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverWreake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverWreake</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverSoar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverSoar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverAvon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverAvon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiverSevern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RiverSevern</span></a></p>
Dr Claire Harris<p>The river walls are a vital part of <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>'s <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/FloodDefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodDefences</span></a>. Repeated raising of the river walls tells the story of changing river levels. </p><p>The walls preserve evidence of signs and symbols for mariners and others, of on-shore boundaries, such as parish and property markers and infrastructure, like cranes and drains.</p><p>The river wall at <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Greenwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwich</span></a> is partly built from reused masonry and a fragmentary inscription to 'Neighbours and Friends' survives - perhaps a fitting reminder to act together to protect communities at risk from <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>You can read more about river walls on the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Thames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thames</span></a> in this <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ThamesDiscoveryProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesDiscoveryProgramme</span></a> blog <a href="http://www.thamesdiscovery.org/frog-blog/thames-river-walls-london-s-overlooked-flood-defences" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thamesdiscovery.org/frog-blog/</span><span class="invisible">thames-river-walls-london-s-overlooked-flood-defences</span></a></p>
Dr Claire Harris<p>📢 Under ONE WEEK TO GO to share your views on the future of the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Thames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thames</span></a> riverside.</p><p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/ThamesEstuary2100" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/ThamesEstuary2100</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ThamesEstuary2100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesEstuary2100</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/FloodDefences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloodDefences</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RiverRecoveries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiverRecoveries</span></a></p>
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