Alan Werritty
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5225895 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alan Werritty |
| NOMBRES | Alan |
| APELLIDO | Werritty |
| FIRMA | WERRITTY A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Dundee |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
William (Bill) Berry (1940–2025)
Born during the Second World War, William (Bill) Berry grew up in Lancashire where he gained a scholarship to the King Edwards School in Lytham, in which he excelled in tennis and badminton alongsi
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On 5 August 1869, John Wesley Powell and his nine companions launched their four boats into the Colorado River near Lees Ferry and soon entered what is now known as the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Thus began the most hazardous and exciting phase of their exploration of the upper Colorado River, a journey that had begun 74 days earlier, upstream on the Green River. Their aim was to fill in one of the last remaining unmapped regions in the Americ…
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Environmental vulnerability and resilience
This paper finds that social differentiation in flood impacts is relatively small soon after a flood, with some surprising results such as professionals and homeowners badly affected in the short‐term – but widens over time, with socially disadvantaged groups displaying less recovery. The paper concludes that vulnerability and resilience to flooding are sensitive to financial resources, institutional support (chiefly from a landlord), and capacit…
Insurance and sustainability in flood‐risk management
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Assessing the effectiveness of non-structural flood management measures in the Thames Estuary under conditions of socio-economic and environmental change
John Harris Paterson MA (Cantab) MA (Wisconsin) (1923—1997)
The Muckle Spate of 1829’
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Sustainable flood management
The existing paradigm of UK flood risk management that privileges structural solutions over non‐structural ones is evolving in response to threats posed by climate change and higher environmental standards required by the EC Water Framework Directive. This paper examines the contrasting reactions of DEFRA and the Scottish Executive. The Scottish ‘experiment’, which embraces a strong definition of sustainability, is contrasted with a weaker versio…
Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland
Improved estimates of UK flood risk during a period of increased climatic variability place challenges on existing methods that rely on short instrumental records. This paper examines the value of using historical data (both documentary and epigraphic) to augment existing gauged records for the River Tay at Perth as part of a multi‐method approach to assessing flood risk. Single station and pooled methods are compared with flood risk estimates ba…
Assessing the effectiveness of non-structural flood management measures in the Thames Estuary under conditions of socio-economic and environmental change
Sustainable flood management
The existing paradigm of UK flood risk management that privileges structural solutions over non‐structural ones is evolving in response to threats posed by climate change and higher environmental standards required by the EC Water Framework Directive. This paper examines the contrasting reactions of DEFRA and the Scottish Executive. The Scottish ‘experiment’, which embraces a strong definition of sustainability, is contrasted with a weaker versio…
The Muckle Spate of 1829’
On 3 August 1829, north‐east Scotland recorded one of the most severe catastrophic floods in modern UK history. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's An account of the great floods of August 1829 in the province of Moray and adjoining districts (1830) provides a detailed eyewitness account that can be used to reconstruct the flood. This paper reconstructs the hydrometeorology of the flood, assesses its geomorphological and societal impacts and provides a cont…
Environmental vulnerability and resilience
This paper finds that social differentiation in flood impacts is relatively small soon after a flood, with some surprising results such as professionals and homeowners badly affected in the short‐term – but widens over time, with socially disadvantaged groups displaying less recovery. The paper concludes that vulnerability and resilience to flooding are sensitive to financial resources, institutional support (chiefly from a landlord), and capacit…
Insurance and sustainability in flood‐risk management
The emerging new paradigm of ‘sustainable flood‐risk management’, emphasising non‐structural management approaches over engineered defences, is subject to differing, and sometimes contested, interpretations by key actors. This is well illustrated by the present lack of agreement between the UK government and the private insurance sector on the future of flood insurance. This paper examines the diversity of views on how best to manage flood risk, …
Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland
Improved estimates of UK flood risk during a period of increased climatic variability place challenges on existing methods that rely on short instrumental records. This paper examines the value of using historical data (both documentary and epigraphic) to augment existing gauged records for the River Tay at Perth as part of a multi‐method approach to assessing flood risk. Single station and pooled methods are compared with flood risk estimates ba…
Sustainable flood management
The existing paradigm of UK flood risk management that privileges structural solutions over non‐structural ones is evolving in response to threats posed by climate change and higher environmental standards required by the EC Water Framework Directive. This paper examines the contrasting reactions of DEFRA and the Scottish Executive. The Scottish ‘experiment’, which embraces a strong definition of sustainability, is contrasted with a weaker versio…
Historical and pooled flood frequency analysis for the River Tay at Perth, Scotland
Improved estimates of UK flood risk during a period of increased climatic variability place challenges on existing methods that rely on short instrumental records. This paper examines the value of using historical data (both documentary and epigraphic) to augment existing gauged records for the River Tay at Perth as part of a multi‐method approach to assessing flood risk. Single station and pooled methods are compared with flood risk estimates ba…
The Muckle Spate of 1829’
On 3 August 1829, north‐east Scotland recorded one of the most severe catastrophic floods in modern UK history. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's An account of the great floods of August 1829 in the province of Moray and adjoining districts (1830) provides a detailed eyewitness account that can be used to reconstruct the flood. This paper reconstructs the hydrometeorology of the flood, assesses its geomorphological and societal impacts and provides a cont…
John Harris Paterson MA (Cantab) MA (Wisconsin) (1923—1997)
Assessing the effectiveness of non-structural flood management measures in the Thames Estuary under conditions of socio-economic and environmental change
Insurance and sustainability in flood‐risk management
The emerging new paradigm of ‘sustainable flood‐risk management’, emphasising non‐structural management approaches over engineered defences, is subject to differing, and sometimes contested, interpretations by key actors. This is well illustrated by the present lack of agreement between the UK government and the private insurance sector on the future of flood insurance. This paper examines the diversity of views on how best to manage flood risk, …
In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell
On 5 August 1869, John Wesley Powell and his nine companions launched their four boats into the Colorado River near Lees Ferry and soon entered what is now known as the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Thus began the most hazardous and exciting phase of their exploration of the upper Colorado River, a journey that had begun 74 days earlier, upstream on the Green River. Their aim was to fill in one of the last remaining unmapped regions in the Americ…
Climate emergency
The COP-26 United Nations Climate Change meeting, scheduled to be held in Glasgow in 2021, is an important step in the world’s attempt to deal with the climate emergency arising from increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Here we look at how society has responded to the Covid-19 emergency and compare it with the response to the climate change emergency, the latter based on our experience of a Royal Society of Edinburgh Inquiry on climate change pub…
Environmental vulnerability and resilience
This paper finds that social differentiation in flood impacts is relatively small soon after a flood, with some surprising results such as professionals and homeowners badly affected in the short‐term – but widens over time, with socially disadvantaged groups displaying less recovery. The paper concludes that vulnerability and resilience to flooding are sensitive to financial resources, institutional support (chiefly from a landlord), and capacit…
William (Bill) Berry (1940–2025)
Born during the Second World War, William (Bill) Berry grew up in Lancashire where he gained a scholarship to the King Edwards School in Lytham, in which he excelled in tennis and badminton alongsi
Geography (9 obras) · Flood myth (6 obras) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Economics (4 obras) · Archaeology (3 obras) · Climate change (3 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 obras) · Environmental planning (3 obras) · Environmental resource management (3 obras)