Retrofitting for Flood Resilience

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

Author 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. 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.