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OVERVIEW
The extreme rainfall and catastrophic flooding of 2007 brought about the biggest British emergency in over 60 years. It is a huge challenge to reduce the flooding risk to vulnerable areas, and to make sure households and communities are prepared to deal with future events before it is too late.Does Britain have a cohesive response to mitigate the impacts of climate change and extreme rainfall?
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What can be considered a reasonable level of flood risk protection and investment and will this be enough to aid resilience?
How do we tackle public engagement and make sure that communities are serious about long term resilience to flooding?
How can we improve how information is shared and much knowledge and research must be made available to the public so that informed decisions can be made at a local or personal level?
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