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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.

An analysis of the costs of resilient reinstatement of flood affected properties: A case study of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth (2011)
Journal Article
Joseph, R., Proverbs, D., Rotimi, J., Lamond, J., & Wassell, P. (2011). An analysis of the costs of resilient reinstatement of flood affected properties: A case study of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth. Structural Survey, 29(4), 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630801111162350

Recently, the focus of UK and European flood risk management policy has been towards promoting the uptake of property level flood adaptation measures. Despite this focus, the take-up of property level flood adaptation measures (both resilient and res... Read More about An analysis of the costs of resilient reinstatement of flood affected properties: A case study of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth.

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.