Flood risk in the UK is being exacerbated due to climate change, however, the risk is often overlooked. Currently, the Environment Agency advise that 1 in 4 homes are at risk of flooding in the U.K. with 2.8 million properties being vulnerable to surface water flooding, especially in urban areas where it is mostly impermeable.

Climate change, land management practices, and increased urbanisation are the main driving forces behind the increasing flood-risk vulnerabilities in the U.K. Land management and urbanisation has resulted in more impermeable surfaces such as pavements are areas that were once green and open spaces, with this change, it has made it increasingly difficult for our existing drainage system to cope as more rainfall is coming down, but there is less space for it to go.

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