Background / Introduction

• What is the problem with flooding
• Why do floods need to be managed
• What different flood management strategies are used / different approaches
•  Why do people measure flood management efficiency / how do they do it

Rational

What is the purpose of this paper – ‘to compare different benchmark used to measure the efficiency of different flood management strategies and to identify a series of benchmarks for which to measure and compare the efficiency of systems in UK and Turkey

Research aim and objectives

• What exactly is the point of your study? What is the big research question? / Key purpose of your study
• How will you go about investigating this? / What actions will you take

Methodology

• How have you selected the different papers that you are reviewing
• What method have you used to compare these papers to eachother e.g. meta analysis / content analysis ( Look at research methods literature – how to compare documentation?)

• Where did you access the papers from
• What search terms did you use
• How many different evaluation systems did you identify
• What different countries did you look at?
• What questions did you use to review the papers – you should be looking at how their benchmarks were identified, what benchmarks have been used and how successful they have been
  • Benchmarks to measure efficiency
  • Qualitative or quantitative data needed
  • Who carries out the assessments
  • How was data collected
  • Who reviews the evidence
  • What situations was this framework to be used in
  • What country was it developed for
  • Have any of these benchmarks been evaluated after they have been used / has the system been successful?
  • Which benchmarks do they recommend and why?
  • Which benchmarks do they criticise and why?
  • Which other systems do they praise
  • Which other systems do they critise
  • Did they adapt any other systems in order to build their own
  • Etc etc etc
• I want to see tables that show the comparison for each of these questions independently
• I want to see a final framework which exhibits all your data and clearly shows similarities and differences between the different systems
• What limitations with your review were there i.e. the process you went through in this research
  • E.g. What information couldn’t you find in the papers / which questions couldn’t you answer?
  • E.g. How different were each of the papers / the context they were used in

Results

• Report on you key research questions using your literature review.
• Use each of the questions that you used to review your literature.
• Use table to exhibit differences between each of the systems – either use numbers / colours, ticks to show how each different system compares to each other.
• Identify the similarities and differences
• Identify strengths and weaknesses
• Identify which benchmarks are good and why? Which benchmarks you will use in your assessment for the UK and Turkey
• Identify which benchmarks are bad and why?  Which benchmarks won’t you use / reject for your comparison?
• What data should be collected to evaluate each of these benchmarks i.e. what information do you need to know in order to make a judgement.
• Use the comparison framework to direct your reader to the correct evidence.

Discussion – this is where your opinion is voiced / your critical analysis of the data

• What does the framework show? Work through each individual question.
• What combination of benchmarks does the framework suggest should be used and why?
• Which benchmarks have been rejected and why?
• Provide diagrams is possible to illustrate the points you are making.

Conclusion

• Benchmarks that you have selected as the best way to measure flood management efficiency in Turkey and the UK and and why?
• Your key arguments for using these – how do you defend your decisions?

Recommendations

• What next – how do you plan to use these benchmarks in the UK and Turkey
• What data do you hope to collect?