Date:
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 09:00 to Friday, November 23, 2018 - 17:00
Location:
Hotel in English Lake District
Event Website:
The course, designed for PhD students, postdocs, MSc students and other early career researchers, is taught by experts in flood risk management, monitoring and modelling from JBA Consulting & Lancaster University.
The course covers:
- An introduction to NFRM practice
- Field experimental evidence and ways of measuring and quantifying hydrological change
- The national WwNP Evidence Base and mapping NFRM opportunities; Modelling the distributed impact of NFRM interventions using open-source programmes
- A risk-based approach to modelling NFRM benefits, including extreme events
- How to estimate and reduce uncertainties in modelling
- Multiple benefits of NFRM, including economics
The course combines field measurements with hands-on model exercises and other participatory activities; no prior knowledge of modelling is assumed
Attendee places: 20
The course is free to successful applicants (including accommodation & a travel subsidy). If you would like further details &/or an application form, please write to Dr Nick A Chappell via n.chappell@lancaster.ac.uk
Closing date for applications is 28th September 2018