News and Events
Welcome to the RRC's news and events page. Check
this page regularly for the forthcoming events and notices about new publications.
| RRC employs 6 core members of staff at our Cranfield office. The new appointee will be required to contribute to the project advice work of the Centre. Main duties will include site visits, advice and scoping reports on river restoration/habitat enhancement potential; guiding technical site visits; delivering teaching, training, conferences and workshops; addressing technical enquiries; and externally promoting RRC and its work. For more information please follow the link above. |
| Item added on - 18th June 2008 |
| The Centre for Environmental Assessment, Management and Policy at King’s College London will be hosting a workshop entitled “Increasing knowledge transfer between researchers and parishioners for restoration and conservation of aquatic ecosystems” on 23rd June 2008. For more information about the workshop and how to register please follow the link above.
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| Item added on - 12th June 2008 |
| "The Future of UK Water Resources is the most forward-thinking, strategic forum of 2008, attracting a unique mix of leading engineering consultants, contractors, water companies, government agencies and not-for-profit organisations to discuss the issues facing the water industry and align the disparate areas of the marketplace." 17th June 2008 - Earls Court Conference Centre, London. |
| Item added on - 11th June 2008 |
| The RRC is continuing to update its map of river projects as and when new information is received and collected by the centre (www.therrc.co.uk/rrc_case_studies.php). By followng the link above, you can now view a list of the completed projects that are due to be uploaded to the website in the near future. If you would like your project to appear on the website map, you can submit your project details to us on the 'Register your project' page of the website. |
| Item added on - 4th June 2008 |
| Catchment 08 will take place on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th September 2008, an exhibition which will be a showcase for the flood management industry. It is being organised by ADA and its members – including Internal Drainage Boards, the Environment Agency, Local Authorities and Industry Suppliers. The event is being held at the East of England Showground, Peterborough. Further details of this event can be found clicking the link above, or by visiting the Catchment 08 website at www.catchment08.co.uk. |
| Item added on - 4th April 2008 |
| This course is being held over 5 days in Beaumont du Ventoux, France, 23rd to 27th June 2008. It will consist of organized lectures, backed by lecture notes, a reference text on measurement and analysis methods in fluvial geomorphology, spreadsheets, and other relevant reading, field trips, exercises, and discussions. The course includes field visits to the Rhone River and several preAlpine tributaries, with spectacular scenery, diverse fluvial environments, a wide range of human impacts over long periods of time, and diversity of recent restoration projects with ongoing monitoring. The course includes workshops on geomorphic river restoration problems faced by participants, who briefly present the problem for discussion by instructors and colleagues in a workshop format, for exchanging ideas on analytical approaches and resources. The course fee is 1580 euros (1480 if paid before 1st April 2008), excluding accommodation. For more information, please follow the link above. |
| Item added on - 10th March 2008 |
| This book provides a systematic overview of the issues involved in minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restoration projects. A series of thematic sections are used to define the various sources of uncertainty in restoration projects and how these show at different points in the life cycle (design, construction and post-construction phases) of restoration projects. The structure of the book offers a rational theoretical analysis of the problem while providing practical guidance in managing the different sources of uncertainty. A wide range of case studies are included from Europe, North America and Australasia. This book can be ordered by following the link above. Wiley are currently offering a 20% discount. |
| Item added on - 10th March 2008 |
| ABPmer have announced the launch of a new website-based information resource on Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange schemes across North-West Europe. The 'Online Managed Realignment Guide' (OMReG) (http://www.abpmer.net/omreg/) has been designed to act as a 'collecting point' for project-specific information about completed coastal Managed Realignment and Regulated Tidal Exchange projects. In particular, it seeks to present the 'lessons learned' from past schemes in order to help improve the implementation of future schemes. The database can be interrogated via Google mapping or using a ‘category’ search tool. Furthermore, a large number of images have been collected for implemented schemes, several in-depth case studies were written up, and up-to-date links to other generic and site-specific information sources are provided. This website has been prepared by ABPmer with the support of CCPEM, ComCoast and the CEH.
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| Item added on - 10th March 2008 |
| Imperial College London invites applications for the MSc course 'Hydrology for Environmental Management'. Full-time and part-time options are offered. UK residents applying for the full-time option may be considered for a NERC studentship. For further information, please contact n.mcintyre@imperial.ac.uk or follow the link above. |
| Item added on - 1st March 2008 |
| This conference will be taking place on 2 - 3 July, 2008 at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) London. The International Conference on Flood Recovery Innovation and Response, FRIAR 2008, aims to bring together researchers and practitioners who are actively involved in the repair, reinstatement and resilience of flood damaged property. The goal of the conference is to identify and disseminate good practice in flood repair, reinstatement and flood management. The meeting will also cover research into appropriate flooding and property issues aiming to develop critical perspectives on the impact of flooding. The meeting aims to bring together engineers, scientists and other professionals from many different countries, involved in research and development activities in a wide range of technical and management topics related to flooding and its devastating effects. Further information can be viewed by following the link above. |
| Item added on - 7th February 2008 |
| The following book has recently been published in Rome: Robinson, P.J., J.A.A. Jones and M-K Woo (eds) 2007: Managing water resources in a changing physical and social environment. IGU Home of Geography Publication Series, Società Geografica Italiana, Rome, 177pp. ISBN 978-88-88692-35-7 The book has been compiled by the Commission for Water sustainability and comprises 16 chapters written by both engineering and geographical hydrologists, practitioners and academics. Topics range from water ethics to flood modelling and water management theory, and geographically from Europe and the Americas to China, India and Africa. Full details can be viewed by following the link above. |
| Item added on - 1st February 2008 |
| Through a general view of case-studies in various Mediterranean contexts and critical feedbacks on previous experiences, the course aims to (i) improve knowledge in river restoration and more widely on sustainable management and explore alternative solutions to use natural river corridors for providing benefits to society, (ii) contribute to clarify reasons for developing restoration programmes, and (iii) help to implement them according to clear objectives and assess their efficiency. The course is being held over one week, from 9th to 14th June 2008, in Zaragoza, Spain. For further information on this course, as well as details of other relavent courses taking place, please follow the link above. |
| Item added on - 17th December 2007 |
| This conference is due to take place in Krakow, Poland, on September 18th to 20th 2008. It will focus on the following themes; Prediction of hydrological response based on different quality measurement data;Hydrological model calibration for extreme conditions; Hydro-chemical and geomorphological response to hydrological extremes; Surface water - groundwater interaction under extreme conditions; Extreme value statistics; Extreme streamflow prediction in ungauged basins; Model data-time-step dependency on basin size, landuse and modelling approach; New ideas, monitoring and model developments, experiences in small basin research. The deadline for abstracts is 1st March 2008. Please see the link above for further information. |
| Item added on - 17th December 2007 |
| This conference is to be held from 23 to 26 February 2009 at the Feather Market Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The theme will be based on promoting the sustainable use of rivers, wetlands, estuaries and groundwater.
The main objective of the conference involves identifying and critiquing global trends in the implementation of environmental water allocations, sharing a wide range of knowledge and skills. Keynote speakers will address the conference topics. Oral and poster papers are invited. Intending authors should complete and return the correct forms (see link above) by no later than 30 June 2008. |
| Item added on - 3rd December 2007 |
| Based on the interdisciplinary approaches between earth science, engineering, physical geography, ecology and management, this text focuses on the theoretical questions, case-studies, challenges, and constraints taken from river restoration. It is illustrated with reports of new ground-breaking research covering spatial and temporal scales of physical processes in river catchments, coupling catchment and fluvial processes, grain dynamics and fluvial forms and on geo-ecology and restoration in mountain gravel-bed river environments. Each chapter includes discussions and comments providing experience and feedback from the fundamental research. This book covers scales of analysis for gravel-bed rivers, physics and modeling of processes at local and point scales, sediment delivery and storage, eco-geography and eco-hydraulics, and channel management and restoration (ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52861-2). For more information, please follow the link above. |
| Item added on - 14th November 2007 |
| This book addresses the complex institutional dimensions to restoring floodplains.Despite therecent surge of interest in restoring floodplains among policy and research circles, as well as in the public domain, very few schemes for restoring functional floodplains have been put into practice in Europe to date. The book explores the reasons behind this discrepancy between interest and applications with an original, comparative analysis of the institutional drivers and constraints of floodplain restoration in Europe. It explains why so few projects have been successfully implemented, how recent policy shifts are creating new opportunities for floodplain restoration and what lessons for policy development and project management can be drawn from in-depth analysis of past and present schemes. At a time of rapidly growing interest in restoring floodplains as an important component of efforts to improve flood protection, enhance riparian habitats, strengthen catchment management, raise water quality and pursue integrated rural development, the book critically appraises the relationship between macro-level policy development and enforcement and micro-level project design and implementation (ISBN: 1843390906). For more information, please follow the link above. |
| Item added on - 13th November 2007 |
| In addition to the conferences listed here the European Centre for River Restoration (ECRR) details a variety of meetings and conferences that are relevant to river restoration. Please follow the link above and then select 'Meetings and Conf.' on the ECRR website. |
| Item added on - 22nd November 2006 |
| STREAM is a £1 million conservation project centred on the River Avon and the Avon Valley in Wiltshire and Hampshire. The project began in September 2005 and in the next three years will:
- Demonstrate and monitor river restoration at six sites, covering 7km - Link management of the lower reaches of the river with the floodplain - Share best practice with UK and European river managers and specialists - Hold public open days to raise awareness of the river system and the project in the local community The project is supported financially by the European Commissions LIFE-Nature fund. Project partners Natural England, the Environment Agency, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Wessex Water have also committed funding and support. For further information click on the link above. |
| Item added on - 19th October 2006 |
| The 2nd Edition of the RRC's Manual of River Restoration Techniques funded by the Environment Agency, R&D, is available in hard copy or electronically on the River Restoration Centre Website (click on the above link). The 2nd edition of the Manual is made up of 20 techniques taken from 15 river projects using a UK-wide range of examples:
High energy uplands;
Mineral extraction;
Deculverting;
Floodbank removal;
Low-cost solutions;
Floodplain features. |
| Item added on - 24th July 2006 |