Outputs (62)

Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks (2024)
Journal Article

Floods often cause significant damage to transportation infrastructure such as roads, railways, and bridges. This study identifies several topographic, environmental, and hydrological factors (slope, elevation, rainfall, land use and cover, distance... Read More about Flood susceptibility assessment for improving the resilience capacity of railway infrastructure networks.

Evidence review for property flood resilience phase 2 report (2018)
Report

Flood Re was established to promote the availability and affordability of flood insurance whilst supporting the transition to risk-based and affordable flood insurance for UK households at high risk of flooding. In order for the goal of affordability... Read More about Evidence review for property flood resilience phase 2 report.

Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors Flood and water management governance may be enhanced through partnership working, intra- and cross-organisational collaborations, and wide stakeholder participation. Nonetheless, barriers associated with ineffective communication,... Read More about Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management.

Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Flood resilience is emerging as a major component of an integrated strategic approach to flood risk management. This approach recognizes that some flooding is inevitable and aligns with the concept of “l... Read More about Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach.

Data collection for a better understanding of what causes flood damage – Experiences with telephone surveys (2017)
Book Chapter

Starting after the severe flood event of August 2002, computer‐aided telephone interviews (CATI) have repeatedly been used in Germany to remotely collect large standardized data sets on flood losses and possible influencing factors by questioning aff... Read More about Data collection for a better understanding of what causes flood damage – Experiences with telephone surveys.

Recognising barriers to implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Newcastle case study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. There is a recognised need for a fundamental change in how the UK manages urban water and flood risk in response to increasingly frequent rainfall events coup... Read More about Recognising barriers to implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Newcastle case study.

Flood resilient construction and adaptation of buildings (2017)
Book Chapter

Flood resilient construction has become an essential component of the integrated approach to flood risk management, now widely accepted through the concepts of making space for water and living with floods. Resilient construction has been in place fo... Read More about Flood resilient construction and adaptation of buildings.

Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: Final report (FD2682) (2017)
Report

Executive Summary
The Defra research project FD2682 examined the technical, social and behavioural aspects of supporting low cost flood repairable measures designed to limit damage to buildings during and after flood events. Flood repairable measure... Read More about Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: Final report (FD2682).

Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter explored relevant literature and touched on a variety of tools that can contribute to the estimation of the costs of implementing and maintaining SuDS, and the evaluation of flood damage reduction, stormwater management and other benefit... Read More about Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage.

SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are today widely considered to be a more progressive and environmentally sensitive approach to Flood Risk Management (FRM). However, this paper argues that the sustain... Read More about SuDS and human behaviour: Co-developing solutions to encourage sustainable behaviour.

Assessing the significance of the economic impact of Marine Conservation Zones in the Irish Sea upon the fisheries sector and regional economy in Northern Ireland (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper highlights the tension between advocacy for ‘Blue growth’ in maritime policy and efforts to safeguard future economic growth via the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In 2015, policy-makers withdrew three of four pro... Read More about Assessing the significance of the economic impact of Marine Conservation Zones in the Irish Sea upon the fisheries sector and regional economy in Northern Ireland.

Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: FD2682 rapid evidence assessment final report (2016)
Report

As part of the Defra policy objective to help individuals take more ownership for management of their flood risk a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) around low cost resilience approaches to preventing damage once water is allowed into properties has be... Read More about Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: FD2682 rapid evidence assessment final report.

Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: Summary of technical findings (FD2682) (2016)
Report

This report summarises evidence collected by the Defra research project FD2682 regarding technical aspects of low cost flood repairable approaches designed to limit damage to buildings. It is derived from a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) that is rep... Read More about Supporting the uptake of low cost resilience: Summary of technical findings (FD2682).

Sustainable drainage systems: Helping people live with water (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Thomas Telford Services Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Sustainable drainage systems or ‘Suds’ are increasingly accepted as an effective means of ‘making space for water’, adapting to possible climate change and helping communities become more floo... Read More about Sustainable drainage systems: Helping people live with water.

Improving the uptake of flood resilience at the individual property level (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 WIT Press. One of the drivers for improving resilience to flooding at property level (also known as adoption of a 'water entry strategy') was demonstrated by the overtopping of hard engineered flood defences across Cumbria, UK during 'Storm De... Read More about Improving the uptake of flood resilience at the individual property level.

Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding (2016)
Book Chapter

Green roof retrofit is seen to be to be an important part of climate adaptation strategies for CBDs generally and in Melbourne in particular. Retrofit of perrmeable paving is also an important SUDs approach within crowded CBDs. The potential for miti... Read More about Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding.

Green infrastructure and urban water management (2015)
Book Chapter

This chapter will first outline the many challenges water poses in modern society, considering the increasing frequency and severity of flooding and droughts as inevitable outcomes of potential climate change and increasing impermeable ground-cover t... Read More about Green infrastructure and urban water management.

Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Authors. Journal of Flood Risk Management published by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Green Infrastructure (GI) is an increasingly popular means of dealing with flooding and wat... Read More about Delivering green streets: An exploration of changing perceptions and behaviours over time around bioswales in Portland, Oregon.

Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Studies in the UK and elsewhere have identified that flooding can result in diverse impacts, ranging from significant financial costs (tangible) to social (intangible) impacts on households. At the s... Read More about Assessing the value of intangible benefits of property level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures.

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.