High Holborn
London EC1N
UK
What are the odds that events will conspire to put London under water during the next few years? Are the catastrophic Summer 2007 floods in the English Midlands and the recent events of South-East England harbingers of worse to come, particularly as the climate shifts?
Serious flooding poses major challenges to the UK’s security, despite changes in the way we try to manage both water and damage.
The lecture will review the UK’s recent experiences and explore how management and infrastructural improvements are being attempted. Can science, technology and collaboration reduce our vulnerability to floods?
This is a free public lecture by Carolyn Roberts, Jackson Gresham Professor of the Environment.
There is no need to book in advance for this lecture. It runs on a first come first served basis.