The results from two Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) research projects are to be showcased at a special exhibition in Hull.
Posters from ‘Flood Vulnerability and Urban Resilience’ and ‘Children, Flood and Urban Resilience’, two LEC projects which investigated adults’ and children’s recovery from the devastating floods of 2007, will be featured as part of the ‘21st Century Lives: Local and Global Stories’ event, which will take place on November 10th, from 10am-4pm at the Ferens Art Gallery in the city. The interactive exhibition is being organised by the University of Hull in order to illustrate for the general public some of the key social science research recently carried out by – and in association with – the university.
Back in June 2007, over 8,000 homes were flooded in Hull after intense rainfall overwhelmed the city’s drainage system. The LEC research projects, led by Will Medd, worked intensively with adults and children across the city to discover how they were affected by the long-term recovery process that followed the floods as they struggled to get their lives and homes back on track. The posters produced by the projects contain examples of quotes and drawings which describe the participants’ experiences of recovery.
It is hoped that the exhibition will be of particular interest to the general public of Hull as, in addition to the floods posters, many of the other exhibits investigate key issues for the city such as child poverty, economic migration and teenage pregnancies, whilst also showing the ways in which local citizens are linked to global movements and social processes. Visual and audio presentations also form part of the event which, it is hoped, will show the relevance of social science research to current lives and the impact that such research can have on policy and other decisions that impact on everyday living.
For more information on the Hull Floods Projects visit www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/cswm/hfp (adults’ project) and www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/cswm/hcfp (children’s project)
