William Medd - Research Portal | Lancaster University

The main area of my work has been focused on the two extremes of flood and drought: work on the social dimensions of flood recovery and dynamics of domestic water demand. My research has been funded by combinations of research council, local and national government and private sector funding. The common theme to the research is understanding how resilience is manifest in the relationship between everyday life and the governance of socio-technical infrastructure.

Key projects on flooding

Flood, vulnerability and urban resilience: a real-time study of local recovery following the floods of June 2007 in Hull (ESRC/EPSRC/Environment Agency)
Children, Flood and Urban Resilience: Understanding children and young people's experience and agency in the flood recovery process (ESRC, Environment Agency, Hull City Council)

Key projects on drought and demand

Sustainable Practices Research Group (ESRC) (website coming soon!)
ARCC-Water (EPSRC Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Programme)
Drought and Demand (ESRC, UKWIR, OFWAT, Environment Agency, Defra, Veolia Water, Anglian Water, Southeast Water, Essex and Suffolk Water
Traces of Water (UKWIR)

Other recent projects

Social Capacity Building for Natural Hazards: Towards More Resilient Societies (CapHaz-Net) (European Commission)
Lost in translation: Strategies of Containment in Animal Disease Management” (Joint Research Council Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme)
Governance of Natural Resources (GOVERNAT) (Marie-Curie Training Network)

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Publications & Outputs

Published
It came up to here: learning from children's flood narratives
Walker, M., Whittle, R., Medd, W., Burningham, K., Moran-Ellis, J. & Tapsell, S. 05/2012 In : Children's Geographies. 10, 2, p. 135-150, 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Published
Investigating resilience through 'before' and 'after' perspectives on residual risk
Deeming, H., Whittle, R. & Medd, W. 05/2012 Innovative thinking in risk, crisis and disaster management. Bennett, S. (ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 173-200 28 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Published
Flood of emotions: emotional work and long-term disaster recovery
Whittle, R., Walker, M., Medd, W. & Mort, M. 02/2012 In : Emotion, Space and Society. 5, 1, p. 60-69, 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article