Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Analysis & Intervention System (ERA) via UAVs

可持续风险发展伙伴(SVDP)与投资者、企业家、经理和企业合作，创立、建立和发展可持续发展的公司。这些公司的增长通过获得我们广泛的网络、深厚的行业专业知识和风险开发经验来降低风险。SVDP通过使用无人机(UAV)开发了洪水和海岸侵蚀风险分析与干预系统(ERA)的原型设计。该系统将提供洪水和侵蚀风险的实时分析，并通过使用热传感器、高清成像、光探测和测距(LiDAR)和地理信息系统(GIS)来解释英国航道的变化特征，提供“下一步”干预措施。ERA通过消除耗时的人工活动来提高现有航道监测的ROI，同时增加收集的数据的丰富性和一致性。该设备使用专有软件，该软件使用热和视觉数据来识别沉积物堆积物和地理变化。这反过来又为战略干预计划提供了信息。ERA借鉴了精准农业行业开发的技术，根据洪水和侵蚀服务的要求定制系统架构。上届议会(Defra)在洪水和海防上花费了32亿GB，ERA通过(1)简化监测和(2)改善决策来扩大公共投资。ERA利用了降低无人机成本的优势，由四个组件组成：(1)热/高清成像/激光雷达集成无人机，(2)摄影测量/地理信息系统软件，(3)推荐引擎，以及(4)呈现数据和干预选项的用户界面。成功的部署需要许多利益相关者的协调和详细的市场研究。这项研究的目标是证明我们的价值主张，并在获得概念验证资金之前制定技术发展计划

Sustainable Venture Development Partners (SVDP) works with investors, entrepreneurialmanagers, and corporates to originate, build and grow sustainable companies. Growth of thesecompanies is de-risked through access to our extensive network, deep sector expertise, andventure development experience.SVDP has developed a prototype design for a Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Analysis &Intervention System (ERA) via the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The systemwill deliver real time analysis of flood and erosion risks, and offer ‘next step’ interventionmeasures, with the use of thermal sensors, HD imaging, Light Detection And Ranging(LiDAR), and GIS to interpret the changing characteristics of UK waterways.ERA improves upon the ROI of existing waterway monitoring by eliminating time consumingmanual activity, whilst increasing the richness and consistency of data collected. The deviceleverages proprietary software, which uses thermal and visual data to identify sediment builduprates and geographical transformations. This in turn informs strategic intervention plans.ERA borrows techniques developed by the precision agriculture industry, tailoring systemarchitecture to flood and erosion service requirements. With £3.2bn spent on flood and coastaldefence last Parliament (Defra), ERA stretches public investment by (1) streamliningmonitoring and (2) improving decision making.ERA takes advantage of decreasing UAV cost, and consists of four components: (1) a thermal/ HD imaging / LiDAR integrated UAV, (2) photogrammetry / GIS software, (3) arecommendation engine, and (4) a user interface presenting data and intervention options.Successful deployment requires coordination amongst many stakeholders and detailed marketresearch. This study’s objective is to prove our value proposition and produce a technologydevelopment plan prior to securing Proof of Concept funding