Evaluating integrated flood resilience development
Resilience and Innovation Northants (RAIN) runs from 2022 to 2027 and is funded by Environment Agency/Defra. The objective of the RAIN project is to build flood resilience in two river catchments in Northants. The project is innovative because it has work packages that focus on multiple and integrated approaches – natural flood management, community resilience, property flood resilience and building a flood risk model – in the same two areas. R4C’s evaluation has three main phases:
- Baseline phase: A baseline population household survey (June 2023) and review with the team at West Northants Council. The baseline report was published in January 2024.
- Interim phase: An interim population household survey, a face-to-face reflective evaluation workshop with the WNC team and most of the RAIN partners, and follow-up interviews as required. The interim report is due in January 2025.
- Final phase: A repeat of the interim phase, with a final report due in 2027.