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We have recently filmed the dissemination event for a Lancaster University research project looking at the Hull Floods. The purpose of the filming was to record this event with a view to hopefully later securing further funding to produce a short film. The event itself based at the Hull Truck Theatre was fascinating, pitching flood victims alongside policy makers in a series of focus groups and a huge game of snakes and ladders. Following is an outline of the project taken directly from their website. Flood, vulnerability and urban resilience: a real-time study of local recovery following the floods of June 2007 in Hull (2007-2009) Funded by the ESRC, EPSRC and the Environment Agency, this project is a response to the events of June 2007 in Hull which dramatically exposed the vulnerability of urban communities in the face of major flood events. While the initial impact in Yorkshire, Humberside and Worcestershire was documented by the media, the extended process of physical, social and personal recovery from the flood experience will be lost from the headlines as local people, key agencies and government departments seek to re-establish the social and physical fabric of affected local communities. Visit the project website at Lancaster University...
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