Outputs (83)

Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK (2018)
Book Chapter

Property flood resilience (PFR) is an important aspect within an integrated approach to flood risk reduction. In the UK this has resulted in a plethora of products and recommended measures to minimise the ingress of water to the millions of propertie... Read More about Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK.

When and how can surveyors improve the uptake of property flood resilience? New evidence and case studies (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper discusses the role of surveyors in increasing resilience to flooding through property level measures. It explores findings of recent research, both in the UK and internationally, and describes ongoing initiatives to increase the uptake of... Read More about When and how can surveyors improve the uptake of property flood resilience? New evidence and case studies.

An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices (2018)
Journal Article

The UK has always experienced flooding, and during the 20th and 21st century numerous flood events caused momentous damage to the state and value of property, occasionally causing loss of life. The detrimental impact of flooding in the UK has height... Read More about An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices.

Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector (2017)
Journal Article

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Procurement of public infrastructure that is fit for purpose partly depends on the competencies of procurement personnel. In many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, there is a d... Read More about Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector.

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.

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.

Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison (2017)
Report

Commentators have increasingly raised concern over the impact of flood risk on commercial property insurability, maintenance and recovery, property utility and, ultimately, property value. 'Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: an... Read More about Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison.

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.

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.