All Outputs (10)

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.

Urban land, planning and governance systems in Nigeria (2015)
Report

The narrative of rapid urbanisation in relation to inadequate planning, governance and management regimes in Nigeria is well-rehearsed. The combination of customary and colonial practices, outdated policies and plans and entrenched attitudes is typic... Read More about Urban land, planning and governance systems in Nigeria.

An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 The Authors. The long term psychological effect of the distress and trauma caused by the memory of damage and losses associated with flooding of communities remains an under researched impact of flooding. This is particularly important for com... Read More about An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households.

Water management, urban development and health (2015)
Book Chapter

An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Different natural and anthropogenic factors have contributed to increased flood events in recent times. Studies have noted the impact of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) practices on increased flooding. Increases in population, economic growth... Read More about An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Homeowners' perceptions of property-level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures: The case of the summer 2007 flood event in England (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 WIT Press. Flood events have far-reaching consequences, not only in economic or financial terms but also in social and health-related impacts. There is a growing body of research that suggests that property-level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA)... Read More about Homeowners' perceptions of property-level flood risk adaptation (PLFRA) measures: The case of the summer 2007 flood event in England.

Evidence for improved urban flood resilience by sustainable drainage retrofit (2015)
Journal Article

© ICE Publishing: All rights reserved. The rapid growth of cities under modern development pressure has resulted in surface water flooding becoming an increasing hazard and future climate change uncertainties may exacerbate this threat still further:... Read More about Evidence for improved urban flood resilience by sustainable drainage retrofit.

Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The key aspects that built environment professionals need to consider when evaluating roofs for the purpose of green roof retrofit and also when assessing green roofs for technical due diligence purposes... Read More about Technical considerations in green roof retrofit for stormwater attenuation in the central business district.