Communities in London and along the tidal River Thames in the UK already benefit from world-class tidal defences, but climate change means flood risk continues to increase. In 2012, the Environment Agency published a plan for how 1.3 million people and £275 billion worth of property will continue to be protected from tidal flood risk until the year 2100. The first 10 years of the plan, which includes innovative asset management solutions on tidal flood defence systems, is being delivered through the £308 million Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (Team2100) programme. As described in this paper, the integrated delivery team is focusing on delivering value for public money through innovation, collaboration with the supply chain and a systems-level approach to asset and programme management.
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A systems-level approach to managing flood defences in the River Thames estuary, UK Available to Purchase
Matthew Kuhn;
Matthew Kuhn
Team2100 Programme Director
Jacobs, London, UK
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Helena Henao-Fernandez;
Environment Agency, London, UK
(corresponding author: helena.Henaofernandez@environment-agency.gov.uk)
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Andy Batchelor;
Andy Batchelor
Operations Manager
Environment Agency, London, UK
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Ed Morris
Ed Morris
Team2100 Asset Manager
Jacobs, London, UK
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(corresponding author: helena.Henaofernandez@environment-agency.gov.uk)
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
December 11 2018
Accepted:
May 11 2020
Online ISSN: 1751-7672
Print ISSN: 0965-089X
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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering (2021) 174 (1): 35–42.
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Received:
December 11 2018
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Kuhn M, Henao-Fernandez H, Batchelor A, Morris E (2021), "A systems-level approach to managing flood defences in the River Thames estuary, UK". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, Vol. 174 No. 1 pp. 35–42, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.18.00056
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