Retrofitting for Flood Resilience

A Guide to Building & Community Design

Edward Barsley

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English

RIBA Publishing
24 December 2019

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Flood control

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

Edited by: Edward Barsley
Imprint: RIBA Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 260mm,
Weight: 1.375kg
ISBN: 9781859467343
ISBN 10: 1859467342
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 24 December 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. He speaks regularly at conferences and events in the UK and internationally and in 2016 won the Sunday Times / British Homes Award ‘Resilient Home’ design competition, in collaboration with JTP, with the scheme entitled ‘A Home For All Seasons’. He has also been working with the RIBA on policy reports and running their nationwide Core CPD seminar series on flooding.