Catchment management by solving problems - mainly runoff management (floods, droughts and water quality). Using:-
Terrain analysis and GIS;
Modelling: Water Quality and Flooding (CRAFT and TOPMODEL);
NBS (design, build and evaluate);
Talking to stakeholders and policy makers
Research
AIMsNBS – RESAS (Achieving multi-purpose nature-based solutions – James Hutton Institute)
Woodland Water Code (Developing a Woodland Water Code – Forest Research)
RESP -River Eden
FIRNS -River Dreel
SloWaters – EU (SloWaters.eu)
Midleton Flood Management using NBS
Past research
PhD Lancaster University – The Role of Digital Terrain Analysis in Hydrological Modelling (1990)
Post-Doc- Lancaster University
ADAS
Newcastle University Lecturer in Catchment Hydrology (Civil Engineering)
Special Advisor to the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee – Future of flood prevention 2017 (Future flood prevention inquiry – Committees – UK Parliament)
JHI-EBS
