Newcastle University

Integrated Systems Demonstrations: Infrastructure

At the centre of our research activities sit our flagship ‘Integrated Demonstrations’.  These bring together the themes of our research activities in place based analyses in three areas that are outstanding examples of coupled human, natural and technological systems:  

(i) Infrastructure systems, 
(ii) Catchments, and,  
(iii) Urban areas.  

These large scale integrated demonstrations are essential in order to test the methods developed elsewhere in the CESER research programme and to demonstrate and communicate the contribution that they will make to improved decision making. Our integrated demonstrations represent the culmination of the research, interacting continuously with the other themes, so testing and demonstration can stimulate new ideas and approaches.  Through our funded portfolio of projects we have major systems modelling projects under way in London, in the Eden, Belford and Hodder catchments, the East Anglian coast, and at a number of engineered slopes. 

Infrastructure systems modelling

Recognising the importance of risk-based management of infrastructure systems, we have, for a number of years, developed advanced methods of reliability analysis, with an emphasis upon adaptive sampling methods for use with complex numerical models.  This work was used in the 2002 (and subsequent) National Flood Risk Analysis. This research is being extended to broader metrics of systems performance, especially resilience and adaptability.

 

 

  

 

 

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Key publications