laws and policies
1994
Foresight 1st round
The aim of the Foresight project was to produce a challenging and long-term (30 - 100 years) vision for the future of flood and coastal defence in the whole of the UK that takes account of the many uncertainties, is robust, and can be used as a basis to inform policy and its delivery. The work in Phase 1 was undertaken by a small team of experts. The work is based on the expert judgement of this team of experts with input from key stakeholders.
The aims of Phase 1 provides a first cut assessment in order to:
- identify key factors likely to change flood risk on a 30-100 year timescale (the Drivers) in terms of both the physical processes of, and human interventions in, the flooding system;
- provide a framework within which the following phases of the project can quantitatively assess changes in future flood risk; and
- outline a work plan for phase 2 of the project.
Further reading
Foresight