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This paper will present the results and insights derived from an English Heritage funded project undertaken in response to the National Heritage Protection Plan's (NHPP) activity 2C1 – 'Major Environmental Threats'. The project focused specifically on the impacts of flooding on the historic environment and how we mitigate for, and adapt to increased risk in the light of future climate change.
The project aimed to understand immediate threats to Worcestershire's built heritage and historic environment from flood events, alongside the associated practices of mitigation, adaption, response and recovery. It has: examined how historic environment principles and practice are (or are not) incorporated into emerging flood-management and disaster-planning strategies within local authorities; considered the roles of historic environment professionals and organisations, critically appraising the effectiveness of existing expertise and guidance; aimed to inform public perceptions and understanding of flooding in both the present and the historical past; and consulted communities at risk from flooding to garner their perspectives and experiences of both working alongside historic environment practitioners, and the extent of their knowledge in respect of sustainable mitigation, adaption and/or repair of built heritage assets.
The paper will focus on issues raised in respect of conserving built heritage assets in response to pressures from direct flood-damage, and indirect change implemented through mitigation and recovery. It will attempt to critically assess the varying roles of property owners, local authorities, contractors, and statutory agencies in managing change to historic built assets through case studies of exemplar sites and situations within Worcestershire.
Jack Hanson (Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service) and Andy Howard (Landscape Research and Management)