Taking action: reducing the risk of flooding for your community by maintaining drainage, watercourses and flood defences (C821a)

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Simm, J., Twigger-Ross, C., McCarthy, S., Berwick, N., Woods Ballard, B., Esposito, A., Shepherd, H. and Garrett, T. 2025. Taking action: reducing the risk of flooding for your community by maintaining drainage, watercourses and flood defences (C821a). London, UK Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA).
TitleTaking action: reducing the risk of flooding for your community by maintaining drainage, watercourses and flood defences (C821a)
AuthorsSimm, J., Twigger-Ross, C., McCarthy, S., Berwick, N., Woods Ballard, B., Esposito, A., Shepherd, H. and Garrett, T.
Abstract

Guidance created to explore enabling community maintenance for local flood risk management. It describes the necessary steps to organise a group with a view of doing maintenance activities on local flood risk assets.

KeywordsFlooding; Drainage; Surface water; Community; Engagement; Guidance
Sustainable Development Goals11 Sustainable cities and communities
13 Climate action
15 Life on land
3 Good health and well-being
9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Middlesex University ThemeSustainability
Research GroupFlood Hazard Research Centre
ISBN9780860179696
PublisherConstruction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA)
Place of publicationLondon, UK
Publication dates
Online21 Jul 2025
Publication process dates
Completed10 Jun 2025
Deposited10 Sep 2025
Output statusPublished
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Open
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A set of three documents.

If you or your local community group want to reduce flood risk by maintaining drainage, watercourses and flood defences but you don’t know where to start, these three documents can help.

Web address (URL)https://www.ciria.org/CIRIA/CIRIA/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=C821F&Category=FREEPUBS
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Is referenced byEnabling community maintenance for local flood risk management: risk management authorities' guide to supporting community maintenance (C821b)
Is referenced byEnabling community maintenance for local flood risk management: briefing note for policy and strategy staff: enabling and supporting communities in voluntary maintenance of flood assets (C821c)
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