Harvey J. E. Rodda

Specialisation

Flash flooding in the SW.
Historical flood event reconstruction.
Flood extent modelling.
Modelling surface runoff at the field scale.
Extreme rainfalls.

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Short curriculum vitae

Harvey Rodda, is a visiting lecturer at the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, and a director of Hydro-GIS Ltd a specialist consultancy specialising in hydrology and GIS. He graduated in Environmental Science from Lancaster University and completed his PhD in the Department of Geography, Exeter University in 1993. While working at NIWA in New Zealand from 1994-98, Harvey developed hydrology and water quality models and poineered the application of GIS for hydrological modelling in New Zealand. Back in the UK, he worked for Risk Management Solutions on the development of a UK flood risk model for use in the insurance sector and as a principal hydrologist for Peter Brett associates (consulting civil engineers) before starting Hydro-Gis in 2004.

McInnes, R.J., Crane, M., Rodda, H.J.E., Danks, P.W., Hogan, D.V., and Field, A.I. 2008. Management of the
Otmoor protected area (Oxfordshire) (Multifunctional wetlands in agricultural landscapes: An evaluation of values,
impacts and the application of the ecosystem-based approach) (NR0112 – Full Report). WWT Report to
Defra. Project Reference: NR0112. WWT, Slimbridge, UK. p98.

Rodda H.J.E. 2005. The development and application of a flood risk model for the Czech Republic, Natural Hazards 36: 207-220.