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Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage (2016)
Book Chapter
Lamond, J. (2016). Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage. In S. Charlesworth, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management (235-243). London: Wiley-Blackwells

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.

Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices (2016)
Book Chapter
Everett, G. (2016). Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices. In C. Booth, & S. Charlesworth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management: A Handbook for SuDS (285-298). Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley

This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many people are ave... Read More about Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices.

Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding (2016)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, S., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2016). Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding. In S. Charlesworth, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable surface water management (245-258). London: Wiley-Blackwells

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.