Flooding Risks in the Midlands: How Can We Mitigate This?

Paige Davies, a City-REDI Summer Intern, looks at the impact of flooding on households, business, transport, nature and health. Paige has recently graduated with a BSc in Geography and is about to begin a Masters in Environment, Development, and Politics at the University of Birmingham. Climate change has been recognised as a global challenge, seeing … Continue reading “Flooding Risks in the Midlands: How Can We Mitigate This?”

Fake News, Flooding and the West Midlands: Dave Throup’s Reality versus The Daily Mail

One of the most interesting West Midlands twitter feeds is that of Dave Throup, the Environment Agency Manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Dave provides a moment-by-moment account of the Environment Agency’s activities across these two counties. This covers many important aspects of this Agency’s work including soil erosion, environmental pollution and managing rivers including flooding … Continue reading “Fake News, Flooding and the West Midlands: Dave Throup’s Reality versus The Daily Mail”