Useful Web Sites
Association of British Insurers. In April 2004, the ABI created a new page on its website dedicated to "flooding and insurance" issues. See: www.abi.org.uk/flooding .

AON in association with ESYS have produced a series of reports for the European Space Agency on earth observation for insurance. The reports have been published on their web site; see http://www.aon.com/uk/en/risk_management/risk_consulting/eoreport1.jsp

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology http://www.nwl.ac.uk

Civil Protection and Environmental Accidents                     
Part of DG Environment of the EC. The purpose of Community cooperation in the field of Civil Protection is to help ensure better protection for people, the environment and property in the event of natural and technological disasters. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/civil/

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs http://www.defra.gov.uk/

The Environment Agency http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Flood Defence Strategy for England and Wales http://www.defra.gov.uk/environ/fcd/pubs/stratsum.htm

Health and Safety Executive http://www.hse.gov.uk/

Joint Research Council of the European Commission. There is an excellent "lessons learnt" (sic) report on flood disasters in Europe , in the EC Joint Research Council website along with a report on NATECHS (i.e. natural hazards triggering technological disasters). See http://nedies.jrc.it

LiDAR maps http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk/productpages/lidar/home.htm

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister http://www.planning.odpm.gov.uk/

Scottish Environment Protection Agency http://www.sepa.org.uk

UK Resilience http://www.ukresilience.info/flooding_advice.htm

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction http://www.unisdr.org

Water Watch Archive of data on monthly rainfall and river flows for the UK from March 1997 to date
http://www.nerc-wallingford.ac.uk/ih/nrfa/water_watch/index.htm

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