Colin Booth's Outputs (110)

Challenges of urban housing quality and its associations with neighbourhood environments: Insights and exepriences of Ibadan City, Nigeria (2008)
Journal Article

A survey of housing quality and neighbourhood environments of Ibadan City, Nigeria was conducted to evaluate the housing infrastructure and to identify those areas where there is a likelihood of future incidences of disease and epidemics. Based on ex... Read More about Challenges of urban housing quality and its associations with neighbourhood environments: Insights and exepriences of Ibadan City, Nigeria.

Magnetic properties of urban street dust and their relationship with organic matter content in the West Midlands, UK (2005)
Journal Article

This study demonstrates significant correlations between the organic matter content of urban street dust and certain mineral magnetic properties, which accords with previous work that indicates magnetic parameters offer potential as a proxy for organ... Read More about Magnetic properties of urban street dust and their relationship with organic matter content in the West Midlands, UK.

Property level flood protection: Technical insights of a new safety flood door
Book Chapter

Governments acknowledge that many buildings cannot be protected from flooding by large-scale flood defence schemes and, therefore, property level flood protection is considered part of an integrated flood risk strategy, requiring homeowners to should... Read More about Property level flood protection: Technical insights of a new safety flood door.

Contemporary landscapes and buildings of motorway service areas
Book Chapter

Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) or Highway Rest Areas provide an essential 24–hour, 365–day service for road traffic users, presenting them with somewhere to rest, relax and recharge. The range of provisions MSAs offer, such as truck and car parking, t... Read More about Contemporary landscapes and buildings of motorway service areas.

A pluralistic conceptual model for affordable housing in Lagos, Nigeria
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Waterproofing basement apartments: Technical insights of a new flood protection solution
Book Chapter

Installing perimeter floor drains is a waterproofing option used inside buildings, which manages water ingress in basements. Newly designed products providing a means to access the inverts of perimeter floor drains and facilitate inspection and maint... Read More about Waterproofing basement apartments: Technical insights of a new flood protection solution.

Factors for the design of novel property–level flood resilient products: The Dado Wallboard
Book Chapter

Community-level flood protection cannot guarantee property owners are free from flood risk and, hence, it is the responsibility of property owners themselves to take appropriate action to ensure their properties are suitably protected by flood resist... Read More about Factors for the design of novel property–level flood resilient products: The Dado Wallboard.

Psychological factors affecting flood coping strategies
Book Chapter

There is an acknowledged need to improve the resilience of those at risk of flooding in areas of the UK. Studies of disaster preparedness worldwide indicate raising awareness of a hazard does not necessarily engender action. In the UK the majority of... Read More about Psychological factors affecting flood coping strategies.

"Three times is enemy action" – flood experiences and flood perceptions
Book Chapter

In the context of anticipated climate change, particularly the frequency and intensity of rainfall events likely to affect the UK in future, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the ways in which people perceive, and therefore respond... Read More about "Three times is enemy action" – flood experiences and flood perceptions.

Property level flood protection: A new effective and affordable solution
Book Chapter

Property flooding is a major problem and the risk of flooding continues to escalate. At present, the majority of property owners take no steps to mitigate future flood damage. A review of the main factors influencing the uptake of flood protection re... Read More about Property level flood protection: A new effective and affordable solution.