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Overcoming the barriers to installing property level flood protection: An overview of successful case studies (2009)
Presentation / Conference
protection: An overview of successful case studies. Paper presented at Road Map Towards a Flood Resilient Urban Environment, Paris, France

Recent changes in the focus of flood risk management policy in the UK have led to an increased emphasis on making space for water. In the recognition that not all property at risk of flood can or will benefit from traditional engineered flood defence... Read More about Overcoming the barriers to installing property level flood protection: An overview of successful case studies.

Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison (2009)
Journal Article
Lamond, J., & Proverbs, D. (2009). Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 162(2), 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2009.162.2.63

Urban resilience is a key focus of current approaches to flood management. The notion of resilience encompasses pre-disaster planning and warning systems, emergency handling procedures and post-disaster reconstruction. Both human and physical systems... Read More about Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison.

Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency (2009)
Journal Article
Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Hammond, F. N. (2009). Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency. Journal of Risk Research, 12(6), 825-841. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669870902768614

Flood risk insurance can be an effective tool in assisting the restoration of damaged property after a flood event and sustaining communities through difficult times. It can also form part of a wider flood risk management strategy. In the light of re... Read More about Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency.