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Retrofitting for Flood Resilience

Name: Retrofitting for Flood Resilience
Author: Edward Barsley

A Guide to Building & Community Design

Edward Barsley,

344 pages
English
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Retrofitting for Flood Resilience

A Guide to Building & Community Design

Edward Barsley,

About this book

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 includes richly illustrated diagrams on a variety of concepts and strategies to use when designing for flood resilience. It is vital resource for anyone looking to adapt to the threat of flood risk. 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 with the Cabinet Office, Environment Agency & Local Community as well as input from academic and industry experts, homeowners and residents of communities at risk of flooding.

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Building-Level 

Strategies

BEAM 

AND

BLOCK 

FLOORS

This 

system 

is

widely 

used 

throughout 

the

construction 

industry. 

The

hydrostatic 

and

dynamic 

loading 

from 

rising 

water 

levels 

can

cause 

beam 

and

block 

systems 

to

liﬅ

and

become 

unstable. 

Sub-ﬂoor 

voids 

can

be

ﬂooded 

and

lead 

to

damp 

problems 

if

water 

is

not

removed. 

Beam 

and

block 

ﬂoors 

are

oﬅen 

lined 

using 

sand:cement, 

chipboard:insulation 

and

screed:insulation 

ﬁnishes. 

Each 

of

these 

materials 

can

be

aﬀected 

by

ﬂood 

water 

(check 

the

preceding 

insulation 

and

ﬂoor 

linings 

sections 

for

adaptation 

strategies). 

Position: 

·

Design 

internal 

ﬂoor 

ﬁnishes 

as

easily 

removable 

to

access 

and

dry

sub-ﬂoor 

linings

Materials:

·

Fit

heavy-duty 

damp-proof 

membranes 

to

limit 

water 

ingress

·

Use

resilient 

(closed-cell) 

insulation 

·

Use

ﬂood-resilient 

concrete 

screeds

Devices:

·

Fit

resistance 

measures 

(e.g. 

automatic 

air

bricks) 

and

a

sump 

and

pump 

system 

to

limit 

the

volume 

of

water 

and

rate 

at

which 

it

enters 

underﬂoor 

voids 

·

Use

structural 

bracing 

to

reduce 

the

impacts 

of

upliﬅ

Figure 

5.15: 

Beam 

and

block 

ﬂoor 

–

vulnerable 

vs

resilient

D

U

R

IN

G

D

U

R

I

N

G

P1

M1

D2

M2

D1

M3

RESILIENT

VULNERABLE

P1

D1

D2

M1

M2

M3

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
FOREWORD
EIGHT PERSPECTIVES
01 FLOOD RISK CONTEXTS AND CONSEQUENCES
02 TYPES OF FLOOD RISK
03 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR UNDERSTANDING FLOOD RISK
04 CATCHMENT AND COMMUNITY FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
05 BUILDING-LEVEL STRATEGIES
06 PATHWAYS TO A FLOOD-RESILIENT FUTURE
APPENDIX
FURTHER LINKS
REFERENCES
INDEX
IMAGE CREDITS

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