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Flood risk is increasing across the UK and globally. This book provides a highly visual guide to flood resilience, and the ways in which the built and natural environment can be adapted to the threat of flooding. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk, highlighting the key approaches and principles necessary for developing community and property flood resilience. Offering clear visual examples of the variety of resilience strategies that are appropriate and applicable to a range of flood risk contexts, this book is an invaluable practical manual for architects and professionals across the built environment.

  • Highly practical handbook for architects, students, engineers, urban planners and other built environment professionals
  • Richly illustrated with practical examples and case studies
  • Draws on research from government, academic and industry experts as well as first-hand experiences from flood affected communities

      Retrofitting for Flood Resilience: A Guide to Building & Community Design

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      Hardback by Edward Barsley

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        Publisher: RIBA Publishing
        Publication Date: 01/12/2019
        ISBN13: 9781859467343, 978-1859467343
        ISBN10: 1859467342

        Number of Pages: 344

        Non Fiction , Art & Photography

        Description

        Flood risk is increasing across the UK and globally. This book provides a highly visual guide to flood resilience, and the ways in which the built and natural environment can be adapted to the threat of flooding. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk, highlighting the key approaches and principles necessary for developing community and property flood resilience. Offering clear visual examples of the variety of resilience strategies that are appropriate and applicable to a range of flood risk contexts, this book is an invaluable practical manual for architects and professionals across the built environment.

        • Highly practical handbook for architects, students, engineers, urban planners and other built environment professionals
        • Richly illustrated with practical examples and case studies
        • Draws on research from government, academic and industry experts as well as first-hand experiences from flood affected communities

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