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Reducing flood risk in cities

Wed 29 Oct 2025

Djanogly Theatre

Concession prices available.

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Join Dr Emily O’Donnell, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham’s School of Geography.

This talk explores how blue-green space can be designed to help manage flood risk, and create sustainable drainage systems that also benefit the environment and communities in cities.

Image: Concrete flume downstream of Triumph Road, Nottingham, 1967. University of Nottingham RE/DOP/H20/37

It is a historical photograph of the River Leen from 1947 showing the flooded railway tracks and road.
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The Leen

Nottingham's River

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