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Adaptation to Climate Change in the UK: A Adaptation to Climate Change in the UK: A Case Study of the Boscastle Harbour Case Study of the Boscastle Harbour
Flood DisasterFlood Disaster
Tori L. JenningsTori L. Jennings
University of Wisconsin – MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison
[email protected]@wisc.edu
“Bridge” Boscastle 16 August 2004
“A Flash Flood in the
pan or a rainstorm
caused by global
warming?”
– The Independent
“Weather Warning: Climate
Change is Happening”
– Friends of the Earth
“Britain should expect more dangerous flash floods, catastrophic rain and hail storms, droughts and heatwaves from the rapid changes in rainfall patterns brought by global warming” – The Guardian “Flashfloods as terrifying as the
Boscastle disaster will become
more common as Britain’s
climate grows hotter” – The Times
“Floods to become
more frequent”
– BBC News
Flooding seen in Britain “in
the past few days may be the
face of things to come”
– Daily Mail
Debris dam lower bridge
►……focus attention on the subordination focus attention on the subordination of local knowledge in instances of of local knowledge in instances of decision-making despite widespread decision-making despite widespread efforts to enhance participation and efforts to enhance participation and public input into decision-making.public input into decision-making.
Maps by Met Office
Circa 1900
Debris dam upper bridge
