iCASP projects use existing environmental science to address a pressing need within catchment management.
Our workstreams are; climate resilience, drought and flood mitigation, flood forecasting, water quality, carbon sequestration and sustainable agriculture. Many of our projects include elements of more than one of these themes and we have projects on our horizon with new themes emerging such as impact on health and wellbeing, promoting green and socially just economy as well as more traditional catchment solutions.
These projects are developed to:
- Translate existing data, models, knowledge and/or expertise into tools, solutions and approaches
- Share knowledge and best practice amongst practitioners and organisations
- Use academic research to support commercially viable products or services
They all start with discussions with practitioners from many organisations active in catchment management to come up with a programme of work. Find out more about how iCASP projects are developed, including the co-design workshops we run, and access the concept note template to submit a proposal.
We are keen to work with new partners and collaborators, if you have an idea for a project where we could possibly help email us.
Improve land management for Hidden Heritage Secret Streams
Providing evidence for the Don Catchment Hidden Heritage Secret Streams project.
Green Blue Infrastructure Business Cases
Developing a better understanding of how to make a Green-blue infrastructure business case.
Cultural and health benefits of green and blue space
Helping organisations to provide evidence of the health and wellbeing benefits of green and blue spaces in urban and rural environments
Yorkshire Property Flood Resilience DEFRA pathfinder
Improving property flood resilience across Yorkshire through awareness raising and public engagement.
Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme 2 Business Case
Provision of Natural Flood Management evidence for the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme business proposal.
Enhanced surface water flood forecasting
Testing the feasibility of converting the latest advances in probabilistic rainfall forecasting into real-time forecasts and warnings.
Bishop Dike
Providing evidence on the role of sediment for an Environment Agency trial programme.
West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme
A collaborative, innovative programme to reduce the impact of flooding and climate change in the region
Enhanced Surface Water Flood Forecasts 2
Testing improved forecasting tools over several years and with users through 2022 Yorkshire Surface Water Flood Forecasting Testbed.
Derwent Data Finder
Supporting the development of an online database collating catchment data.
Boosting SME resilience
Improving understanding of the impacts of flooding on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
System-based urban infrastructure management (SUIM)
Applying newly developed spatial analysis method to support integrated urban infrastructure management.
Improving flood risk communication through engagement tools
Delivering engagement tools to promote resilient behaviours in communities vulnerable to flooding.
Telemetry integration – Living with Water Partnership
Combining data from the LWW partnership organisations to increase operational preparedness.
Tackling Invasive non native species (INNS)
Developing resources and strategies to slow the spread of aquatic INNS through river catchments in Yorkshire.
Catchment Based Solutions for Reducing Trash Screen Blockages
Using nature-based solutions to reduce the amount of debri in watercourses in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
Modelling NFM pilots across Yorkshire
Providing tailored modelling and monitoring support for Yorkshire NFM pilots.
NFM Community of Practice
A forum for networking, learning and disseminating best practice amongst Natural Flood Management practitioners.
Modelling NFM in Calderdale
Using modeling to prioritise NFM interventions in Calderdale and understand the role of existing features.
Payment for Outcomes
Integrating natural flood management measures into payment for outcomes schemes in the Yorkshire Dales.
CIRIA Natural Flood management Guidance
Support the delivery of NFM by producing accessible and helpful industry guidance in the UK.
(CIRIA funded).
Upper Rother catchment
Creating an evidence directory of natural flood management.
River Skell: NFM Opportunity mapping and payment by results
Integrating natural flood management measures into payment for outcomes schemes in the Yorkshire Dales.
Backstone Beck
This is an NFM test case of integrating multiple stakeholder issues in one river model for Backstone Beck at Ilkley Moor.
Swinton Estate
Flood risk hotspot analysis to inform tree planting. Demonstrating how land management for conservation can be integrated with commercial interest.
Optimal Peatland restoration
Using research to support investment in peatland restoration.
Supporting North York Moors peat pilot
Reviewing and informing the direction of the North York Moors peat pilot.
Peatland monetary valuation protocol
A simple, cost-effective, replicable and transferable protocol for the deliberative monetary valuation method.
Data Collection for Peat Policy
Transforming data collection for evidence-based peatland policy and practice by identifying and selecting core sets of outcome measures.
WaterLANDS
New European Green Deal project launched to lead large scale restoration of European wetlands
Environmental Science for Health and Wellbeing in the Climate Emergency (E.SHAWE)
Integrating Environmental Data into the (SHAPE) GIS tool to promote climate resilient decision-making.
UKCP18 Demonstrator
Case studies to demonstrate how the Met Office’s UKCP18 data can be applied for flood and drought risk assessments in Yorkshire.
Water efficiency standards
Developing a policy brief to support Leeds City Council in setting a water efficiency standard for new homes.
Financing UK ecosystem services
Exploring the different ecosystem markets in the UK that deliver public goods.
Natural Flood Management & Drought
Understand the role that NFM can play in helping to reduce the impacts of drought.
Integrated Nitrogen Management on Yorkshire Farms
Developing evidence-based good practice for Integrated Nitrogen Management on Yorkshire Farms.
Public Good Soil Health
Reviewing the evidence on agricultural interventions for improving soil health.
CONSOLE
Developing more effective agri-environmental public goods mechanisms and contracts
(H2020 funded).
UK Farm & Soil Carbon Code
Helping farmers by quantifying the potential of different agricultural practices and interventions to sequester soil carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Landscape Recovery DEFRA Test and Trials
Using academic input and regional knowledge to inform DEFRA Environmental Land Management Scheme.
Support for Ryevitalise Scheme
Provision of evidence from other iCASP projects to support the NHLF-funded Ryevitalise project.
River Skell monitoring
Providing evidence from NFM and payment for outcomes projects to support a NHLF bid for the River Skell.
Reduce macro plastic in the River Aire
Testing the feasibility of converting the latest advances in probabilistic rainfall forecasting into real-time forecasts and warnings.
Payment for Outcomes
Integrating natural flood management measures into payment for outcomes schemes in the Yorkshire Dales.
CIRIA Natural Flood management Guidance
Support the delivery of NFM by producing accessible and helpful industry guidance in the UK.
(CIRIA funded).
Upper Rother catchment
Creating an evidence directory of natural flood management.
Modelling NFM pilots across Yorkshire
Providing tailored modelling and monitoring support for Yorkshire NFM pilots.
NFM Community of Practice
A forum for networking, learning and disseminating best practice amongst Natural Flood Management practitioners.
Modelling NFM in Calderdale
Using modelling to prioritise NFM interventions in Calderdale and understand the role of existing features.