Report

• The Department of Business Innovation & Skills reports the results of an investigation into the U.K.'s flood and coastal defenses to natural and man-made causes of flooding were published in the Flood and Coastal Defense Project report in April 2004. An open conference was held at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London to publicize the findings of the report.
  
  

Development

• The Flood and Coastal Defense Project takes a long term approach to assessing the U.K.'s flood and coastal defenses, the initial report offers risk management ideas for 30 to 100 years from the 2004 publication of the initial report. The project works across economic, financial and technical areas, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  
  

Consultation

• The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food explains the Flood and Coastal Defense Project offers consultation services to local authorities in the U.K. to ensure value for money in flood defenses. The project aims to ensure taxpayers' money is spent in the best way, through good decision making by local authorities.