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Resilience through flood memory-A comparison of the role of insurance and experience in flood resilience for households and businesses in England (2021)
Book Chapter
Lamond, J., & Bhattacharya-Mis, N. (2021). Resilience through flood memory-A comparison of the role of insurance and experience in flood resilience for households and businesses in England. In J. Mendes, G. Kalonji, R. Jigyasu, & A. Chang-Richards (Eds.), Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance to Manage Disaster Risk (59-67). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818750-0.00006-4

Resilience to flooding is influenced by adaptations or behavior that address risk reduction at all stages of the disaster cycle. This includes: physical adaptation of buildings to limit damage; individual preparedness and business continuity planning... Read More about Resilience through flood memory-A comparison of the role of insurance and experience in flood resilience for households and businesses in England.

Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison (2017)
Report
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, F. K. S., Kreibich, H., Montz, B., Proverbs, D., & Wilkinson, S. (2017). Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison. London: RICS Research Trust

Commentators have increasingly raised concern over the impact of flood risk on commercial property insurability, maintenance and recovery, property utility and, ultimately, property value. 'Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: an... Read More about Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: An international comparison.

An international understanding of the current and future role of chartered surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, F. K. S., Kreibich, H., Montz, B., Proverbs, D., & Wilkinson, S. (2016, September). An international understanding of the current and future role of chartered surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties. Paper presented at RICS COBRA 2016, Toronto

Limited research has been done to understand the perspectives of building surveyors in the international commercial property sector in the context of flood risk to assets, valuation of risk and availability of insurance. There is a need to develop an... Read More about An international understanding of the current and future role of chartered surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties.

Mapping community knowledge of vulnerability of value: A case study in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2015). Mapping community knowledge of vulnerability of value: A case study in the UK. International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 5(3), 266-279. https://doi.org/10.2495/SAFE-V5-N3-266-279

© 2015 WIT Press. Commercial property value can be vulnerable to risk exposure, economic effects of risk on property and perception of usefulness of the property in the market. The processes of decision making in risk reduction can generate different... Read More about Mapping community knowledge of vulnerability of value: A case study in the UK.

Grass-root preparedness against potential flood risk among residential and commercial property holders (2015)
Journal Article
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Joseph, R., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2015). Grass-root preparedness against potential flood risk among residential and commercial property holders. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(1), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-08-2014-0059

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This study aims to investigate the level of preparedness among property owners who had experienced flood damage to their properties in two cities in England following the summer floods of 2007. Flooding c... Read More about Grass-root preparedness against potential flood risk among residential and commercial property holders.

Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2014, November). Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, London

The complexity of repeated changes in natural environment and their impact on the dynamic urban built environment setting, whether it is the primary physical impact by means of ingress of water to normally dry areas or evacuation from the forces of h... Read More about Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment.

Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2014, September). Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Incorporating the 3rd Annual Conference of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience, Salford, United Kingdom

Shocks such as flooding are sudden events that can affect the well-being of people, whether it's a single household or business or the entire community. Repeated flood shocks is one of the least researched phenomena associated with understanding the... Read More about Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research.

An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield (2014)
Book Chapter
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., & Lamond, J. (2014). An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield. In D. Proverbs, & C. Brebbia (Eds.), Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response IV. Ashurst: WIT Press

Despite the increasing impacts of recurrent flooding, there is dearth of research involving businesses preparedness and recovery. This research therefore focused on investigating the patterns of preparedness and trends in recovery among business prop... Read More about An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield.

Development of conceptual framework for understanding vulnerability of commercial property values towards flooding (2013)
Journal Article
Bhattacharya, N., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Hammond, F. (2013). Development of conceptual framework for understanding vulnerability of commercial property values towards flooding. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 4(3), 334-351. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-08-2012-0024

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to develop a conceptual framework to anticipate the vulnerability of value of commercial properties towards changing risk of flooding. The existing patterns, themes, and issues associated with property value an... Read More about Development of conceptual framework for understanding vulnerability of commercial property values towards flooding.

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.