Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme

The Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme supports the UK government by funding and coordinating research to improve understanding and management of flood and coastal erosion risks, enhancing resilience and informing policy and practice.

Communication Overview

Total releases

Number of press releases published by this department during the last 12 months, based on publicly available announcements.

Avg per month

Average number of press releases published per calendar month over the last 12 months. This smooths short-term fluctuations in publishing activity.

0.3

Avg word count

Average length of published press releases, measured in words. Calculated only for months where content was published.

257

Avg readability

Average Flesch Reading Ease score across all published press releases. Higher values indicate plainer English. Scores are indicative only and vary by subject matter.

5.5

Friday PM releases

Percentage of press releases published after 3pm on Fridays, relative to the department’s total output during the period.

Single-release items

Estimated proportion of announcements published once, without a closely related follow-up release during the same period. This is based on similarity of titles and timing.

100%

Metrics are descriptive only and indicate publication patterns rather than intent or impact.

Releases per month

Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)

18 articles

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Merging radar outputs to improve UK rainfall estimates

Tuesday, 05 August 2025

New research shows a way to improve rainfall estimates by merging outputs from different types of weather radar. ...

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FCERM research outcomes and impact

Friday, 04 April 2025

Research investment is making an impact in managing flooding and coastal change....

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Growing evidence of the benefits of natural flood management

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

We reviewed the latest research on natural flood management and updated the Working with natural processes evidence directory....

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Setting the direction for flood and coastal erosion research

Wednesday, 08 May 2024

We published our areas of research interest to set the direction on flood and coastal erosion research for England and Wales to 2028...

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Surface water management and sustainable drainage systems

Tuesday, 11 January 2022

Report published. Assessment of how strategic surface water management informs Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) delivery through the planning syste...

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Natural and nature based features international guidance

Tuesday, 05 October 2021

We’ve been working with international partners to promote natural flood management and published new guidance ...

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Coastal monitoring and historical coastal change workshops

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Join upcoming workshops on coastal monitoring techniques and technologies that are available to document historical coastal change...

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Counting the cost of flooding

Friday, 10 September 2021

Improving evidence to inform funding and spending....

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Boosting resilience to flooding and coastal change

Friday, 23 July 2021

We’re working out how to measure changes in resilience to flooding and coastal change over time....

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Multiple benefit Sustainable Drainage Systems

Monday, 07 June 2021

Report published. Recommendations to update the non-statutory technical standards to provide for multiple benefit Sustainable Drainage Systems in Engl...

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