An online debate commissioned by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

Welcome to floodforum.net

• Have you had experience of flooding?
• Do you live in a flood risk area?
• Do you have views on the causes of floods in your communities and ideas on how they could be prevented?
• Do you work in flood management?
• Have you conducted research on the causes or consequences of flooding in the UK?
• Have you a professional interest in inland flooding?

Floodforum.net ran for four weeks from Monday 21 January until Sunday 17 February. The forum is now closed. If you are a registered user you can still visit the forum and read the contributions. The final report of the FloodForum can be downloaded here. FloodForum Final Report

The objective of floodforum.net is to stimulate discussion on the causes, consequences and communication aspects of inland flooding in the UK to inform Parliamentary debate on flooding.

Taking part in this discussion will help ensure that Parliament has a wide and varied set of views and opinions on which to base it's decisions on this important issue.

If you need any help or further information regarding this web-site please contact Beccy at edemocracy@lse.ac.uk or call 0207 955 7486

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)

POST have supplied the following documents for viewing/download. Adobe Acrobat is required to view the documents; it can be downloaded from Adode's web site.

• POST Note on Flooding
• floodforum plan
• National Flood Forum

Hansard Society

The Association of Drainage Authorities

CIRIA - UK-based research association concerned with improving the performance of all involved in construction and the environment

Datum International - Living with Floods

DETR -Advance Notice Of A Possible Planning Direction On Flooding To Local Authorities In England

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Planning Policy Guidance Note 25:Development And Flood Risk

Environment Agency Flood Pages

Flood Hazard Research Centre

Institution of Civil Engineers The Technical Approaches To Flood Risk Management In England And Wales

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

British Hydrological Society

www.floodtraining.com

www.floodwall.net

BBC News

Today Programme report - Britain on Flood Alert Are you at risk?

Flood Danger 2001

Flooding: What to do?

Living with the threat of floods

Flood Communities cut adrift

Guardian Unlimited

Fears come flooding back

Water, water all around

Only the Cash is drying up

Floods set to sink House prices

Environment Agency

'Flood defence committee - agrees rise in South West spend'