All Outputs (4)

A review of the flood risk situation in African growing economies (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2011, September). A review of the flood risk situation in African growing economies. Paper presented at Urban flood risk management approaches to enhance resilience of communities, Graz, Austria

The menace of urban flooding in African developing economies be it Accra, Lusaka, St. Louis or Lome is causing an enormous disruption in their path of development. The urban poor population are often hardest hit as the increasing hazard of small and... Read More about A review of the flood risk situation in African growing economies.

Flood hazards impacts and responses for the built environment (2011)
Book
Lamond, J., Booth, C., Hammond, F., & Proverbs, D. (2011). Flood hazards impacts and responses for the built environment. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor CRC Press

Five feet high and rising: Cities and flooding in the 21st Century (2011)
Other
Jha, A., Lamond, J., Bloch, R., Bhattacharya, N., Lopez, A., Papachristodolou, N., & Bird, A. (2011). Five feet high and rising: Cities and flooding in the 21st Century. Washington

Urban flooding is an increasingly important issue. Disaster statistics appear to show flood events are becoming more frequent, with medium-scale events increasing fastest. The impact of flooding is driven by a combination of natural and human-ind... Read More about Five feet high and rising: Cities and flooding in the 21st Century.

A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in sub-saharan Africa’s urban land use planning (2011)
Journal Article
Booth, C., Baffour Awuah, K. G., Hammond, F. N., Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Bloch, R. (2011). A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in sub-saharan Africa’s urban land use planning. Journal of International Real Estate and Construction Studies, 1(2),