1st Edition
Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design
Edited By Edward Barsley
Copyright 2019
344 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
344 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
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This book educates and introduce readers to the ways in which we can adapt to the threat of flooding throughout the built and natural environment. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk, whilst highlighting the key approaches and principles necessary for developing community and property-level flood resilience. As a comprehensive and practical manual, this book... Read more
1. Flood Risk Context and Consequences 2. Types of Flooding 3. Tools and Techniques for Understanding Flood Risk and Resilience 4. Catchment and Community Flood Risk Management 5. Building Level Strategies 6. Pathways to a Flood Resilient Future
Biography
Edward Barsley is Director at The Environmental Design Studio Ltd and a specialist in environmental design in architecture, with a particular interest in developing strategies to reduce flood risk and increase resilience in the built environment.
