This research sets out to determine the potential effects of
climate change on geohazards in the UK and focuses on one
of the foremost natural hazards affecting the UK — flooding.
In addition to the immediate effects of flooding, areas
that are prone to flooding could suffer further problems,
accentuating factors such as subsidence and heave (due
to the shrink-swell of clays) and reactivation of landslides.
The geohazards within these potential flood zones will be
heightened as a result. With this in mind, this research
focuses on the potential effects of surface-water flooding
(initially using the BGS Geological Indicators of Flooding
dataset) on natural geohazards in the UK (as represented by
BGS GeoSure layers)
