Dr. Harvey Rodda

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Hydrology and GIS. Dr Harvey J. E. Rodda is a hydrologist with over 20 years postgraduate experience in consultancy, specialising in hydrological models and the use of GIS. He has worked on a range of modelling studies including water quality, sediment transport, flooding, extreme rainfall and has extensive GIS experience in particular using Arc GIS and cell based modelling with the Spatial Analyst extension. He has also specialised in linking hydrological models with GIS.

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Full Name	Dr. Harvey J. E. Rodda
Year of Birth	1968
Nationality	British
Profession	Hydrologist
Range of Experience	Dr Rodda has over 20 year post graduate experience in consultancy chiefly in the private sector. Most of his work has been in the field of hydrological modelling and the use of GIS. He worked on a range of flood related projects including the development of continental scale flood catastrophe models and also in studies of water quality which have considered the impact of land use change on sediment and nutrient transport. He has pioneered the linking of GIS with hydrological models and used GIS for thematic mapping, generating digital terrain models, generating stream networks, mapping flood extents and 3-d visualisation.
Career Summary	2012-Present: Partner, Water Resource Associates, UK 2004-Present: Director, Hydro-GIS Ltd., Goring-on Thames, Oxfordshire 2001-2004: Principal Hydrologist, Peter Brett Associates (PBA), Reading, UK 1999-2001: Senior Modeller, Risk Management Solutions, London 1998-1999: Environmental Scientist, Thames Water, Reading, UK 1994-1998: Project Leader, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), Hamilton, New Zealand 1993-1994: Higher Scientific Officer, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Education	1990-1993 PhD in Hydrology, Department of Geography, Exeter University, UK Thesis title: The Development of a Nitrogen Cycle Model to Predict Nitrate Leaching from Grassland Catchments in the UK. 1986-1989 BSc [Hons] Environmental Science, Lancaster University, UK
Professional Affiliation	2014 - Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society 2002 - Chartered Water and Environmental Manager
Key Assignments	East Hanney, UK [2016] - Strategic flood risk assessment using GIS mapping and modelling techniques to identify the flood risk associated with 11 potential development sites; Malaysia [2015] - GIS analysis of satellite imagery to identify land use change in an area of rainforest and water quality modelling to predict sediment erosion; Somaliland [2015] - Basin scale water quality modelling to predict sediment erosion and transport to a reservoir; Salisbury, UK [2013-2015] – Undertook hydrological and hydraulic modelling as part of a legal dispute to demonstrate the property had been flooded due to a series of undersized culverts; Surrey, UK [2013-2015] – Review of a flood risk assessment on behalf of a local group against a planning application including presenting as an expert witness at a Public Inquiry which was successful in preventing the development; Indonesia [2013-2014] – Modelling of two major rivers on Java to define the design levels of flood defences for an industrial estate; China [2012] – Basin scale water quality modelling to assist with the design of an artificial wetland area as part of a proposed tourist development; Central and Eastern Europe [2004-2009] – Development of flood catastrophe models for the insurance sector covering Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
Country Experience	UK, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, China, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, UEA, Malaysia.
Languages	English mother tongue, fluent German

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