Jessica Lamond Jessica.Lamond@uwe.ac.uk
College Dean for Research & Enterprise
Overcoming the barriers to installing property level flood
protection: An overview of successful case studies
Lamond, Jessica; Dhonau, Mary; Rose, Carly; Proverbs, David
Authors
Mary Dhonau
Carly Rose
David Proverbs
Abstract
Recent changes in the focus of flood risk management policy in the UK have led to an increased emphasis on making space for water. In the recognition that not all property at risk of flood can or will benefit from traditional engineered flood defences, the need arises to facilitate and encourage the use of property level solutions. Take up of measures by populations at risk have been low in the past and many barriers have been identified which limit adoption. A key informational deficiency is the lack of information about successful schemes. The collation of successful case studies from UK published sources and from flood protection
companies, demonstrates that it is possible to design effective property level defence. Analysis of common features shows that in the majority of cases the option to keep water out of the property is preferred. However, many tried and tested flood protection schemes combine both wet proofing (resilient) and dry proofing (resistant) elements. As may be anticipated the experience of past flooding was a critical factor both in the decision to flood proof and in the choice of measures.
Citation
protection: An overview of successful case studies. Paper presented at Road Map Towards a Flood Resilient Urban Environment, Paris, France
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | Road Map Towards a Flood Resilient Urban Environment |
Conference Location | Paris, France |
Start Date | Nov 26, 2009 |
End Date | Nov 29, 2009 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2009 |
Deposit Date | Jun 20, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 15, 2016 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | flood resistance resilience wet proofing dry proofing behaviour case studies |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/990992 |
Publisher URL | http://www.cost22.org/ |
Additional Information | Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Road Map Towards a Flood Resilient Urban Environment |
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