All Outputs (139)

An investigation of flood memory, insurance and property value: The UK regime (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Availability of insurance cover is considered to be a key issue in saleability and reinstatement of property. With increasing flood risk properties are likely to find it harder to access easy and cheap insurance. Premium levels will increase if there... Read More about An investigation of flood memory, insurance and property value: The UK regime.

Flood risk vs property value: A sector specific market perception study of commercial properties (2015)
Book Chapter

This study examines the perception of commercial property occupiers in the context of flood risk and property value. Relevant literature was reviewed to understand the factors affecting perception of commercial property occupiers. Questionnaire surve... Read More about Flood risk vs property value: A sector specific market perception study of commercial properties.

Urban land, planning and governance systems in Nigeria (2015)
Report

The narrative of rapid urbanisation in relation to inadequate planning, governance and management regimes in Nigeria is well-rehearsed. The combination of customary and colonial practices, outdated policies and plans and entrenched attitudes is typic... Read More about Urban land, planning and governance systems in Nigeria.

An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Authors. The long term psychological effect of the distress and trauma caused by the memory of damage and losses associated with flooding of communities remains an under researched impact of flooding. This is particularly important for com... Read More about An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households.

Water management, urban development and health (2015)
Book Chapter

An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Different natural and anthropogenic factors have contributed to increased flood events in recent times. Studies have noted the impact of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) practices on increased flooding. Increases in population, economic growth... Read More about An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Mapping community knowledge of vulnerability of value: A case study in the UK (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 WIT Press. Commercial property value can be vulnerable to risk exposure, economic effects of risk on property and perception of usefulness of the property in the market. The processes of decision making in risk reduction can generate different... Read More about Mapping community knowledge of vulnerability of value: A case study in the UK.

Grass-root preparedness against potential flood risk among residential and commercial property holders (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This study aims to investigate the level of preparedness among property owners who had experienced flood damage to their properties in two cities in England following the summer floods of 2007. Flooding c... Read More about Grass-root preparedness against potential flood risk among residential and commercial property holders.

Evidence for improved urban flood resilience by sustainable drainage retrofit (2015)
Journal Article

© ICE Publishing: All rights reserved. The rapid growth of cities under modern development pressure has resulted in surface water flooding becoming an increasing hazard and future climate change uncertainties may exacerbate this threat still further:... Read More about Evidence for improved urban flood resilience by sustainable drainage retrofit.

Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The key aspects that built environment professionals need to consider when evaluating roofs for the purpose of green roof retrofit and also when assessing green roofs for technical due diligence purposes... Read More about Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district.

Homeowners' perceptions of property-level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures: The case of the summer 2007 flood event in England (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 WIT Press. Flood events have far-reaching consequences, not only in economic or financial terms but also in social and health-related impacts. There is a growing body of research that suggests that property-level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA)... Read More about Homeowners' perceptions of property-level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures: The case of the summer 2007 flood event in England.

Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres (2014)
Report

AIM
The aim of this research was to examine the potential for mitigation of predominantly pluvial flooding in CBDs through retrofitting of such systems. The research used two case study areas to explore the challenges and opportunities for retrofit... Read More about Sustainable urban drainage: Retrofitting for improved flood mitigation in city centres.

Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The complexity of repeated changes in natural environment and their impact on the dynamic urban built environment setting, whether it is the primary physical impact by means of ingress of water to normally dry areas or evacuation from the forces of h... Read More about Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment.

Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Shocks such as flooding are sudden events that can affect the well-being of people, whether it's a single household or business or the entire community. Repeated flood shocks is one of the least researched phenomena associated with understanding the... Read More about Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research.

An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield (2014)
Book Chapter

Despite the increasing impacts of recurrent flooding, there is dearth of research involving businesses preparedness and recovery. This research therefore focused on investigating the patterns of preparedness and trends in recovery among business prop... Read More about An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield.

The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk resulting from climate change (2014)
Journal Article

The changing risk of flooding associated with climate change presents different challenges for the different flood insurance market models in use around the world, which vary in respect of consumer structure and their risk transfer mechanism. A revie... Read More about The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk resulting from climate change.

The Role of Market-Based Flood Insurance in Maintaining Communities at Risk of Flooding: A SWOT Analysis (2014)
Book Chapter

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. Flood insurance can be seen as an alternative to massively increased investment in harder flood risk management measures, as it has the potential to mitigate the effects of flooding and maintain c... Read More about The Role of Market-Based Flood Insurance in Maintaining Communities at Risk of Flooding: A SWOT Analysis.

Balancing Flood Risk and Water Scarcity of the Asian Delta Regions (2014)
Book Chapter

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. While it is noted that the effect of a changing climate will exacerbate the extreme weather conditions affecting the prevalence of floods and water scarcity, many countries are already facing a cy... Read More about Balancing Flood Risk and Water Scarcity of the Asian Delta Regions.

The Costs of Flooding on Households (2014)
Book Chapter

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. Costs associated with flooding can be categorised as tangible and intangible. The categorisation of the costs of flooding depends on factors, such as the ease of monetising the impact, when the im... Read More about The Costs of Flooding on Households.

Towards improved guidelines for drying flood-damaged buildings (2014)
Journal Article

In the aftermath of flood events in the UK, the insurance and the drying and repair industry are frequently criticised for the speed with which households are able to return to their homes. Delays in restoration have been attributed to lack of guidan... Read More about Towards improved guidelines for drying flood-damaged buildings.