Ambiental

Ambiental

Ambiental Technical Solutions Ltd was founded in 1997 as a partnership of researchers in the field of digital terrain modeling and geographical information systems (GIS) at Cambridge University, England. Its involvement in flood modeling has attracted great media interest following flood events such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the widespread flooding across the UK in 2007.

The company and its managing director, Dr. Justin Butler, have been featured in articles in British newspapers such as [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/29/nrflood329.xml The Sunday Telegraph] , [http://technology.guardian.co.uk/businesssense/story/0,,1782875,00.html The Guardian] , [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article621940.ece The Times] and the Daily Express. Ambiental has also been featured on "BBC News" [ [http://flood-risk-assessment.com/news/on-tv.html On TV - Ambiental Ltd ] ] in 2006, and its flooding simulations have been used in a "Newsnight" documentary about the 2007 UK floods on BBC2.

The documentary "" which was broadcast on 03 December 2007 on Channel 4 [ [http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/britain+under+water/1135047 Channel 4 - News - Dispatches - Britain Under Water ] ] used Ambiental to model water depth, flow direction and velocity following a dam burst at the heart of Birmingham city centre. [http://flood-risk-assessment.com/news/on-tv/channel-4-dispatches-britain-under-water.html]

Whilst larger engineering companies are involved with modelling of flood defences and other management schemes, Ambiental has attracted interest from the insurance and reinsurance industry for their high detail flood modelling in urban areas and has worked in parternship with companies such as Aon and Norwich Union.Fact|date=May 2008 It has also been featured in notable publications in the insurance industry press, such as Insurance International, Insurance Day, Global Reinsurance, [http://www.airmic.com/ AIRMIC News] [http://flood-risk-assessment.com/downloads/flood-risk-news-in-the-press/airmic-implications-of-flood-spread-even-as-water-recedes/details.html] and . [ [http://flood-risk-assessment.com/news/in-the-press.html In the Press - Ambiental Ltd ] ]

ee also

*Flood risk assessment
*Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

References

External links

* [http://www.ambiental.co.uk/ Flood Risk Assessment and Risk Modelling] - Ambiental Ltd


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