...Taiwo Adedeji; David G. Proverbs; Hong Xiao; Victor Oluwasina Oladokun Purpose Despite the present focus on improving the resilience of homes to flooding in UK flood risk management policy and strategy, a general measurement framework for determining levels of flood resilience in UK homes does...

...Wenping Xu; Yuan Zhang; David. Proverbs; Zhi Zhong Purpose This paper aims to clarify the resistance degree of group road logistics to flood disaster resilience. The paper measures the resilience of group road logistics by establishing network structure model. The purpose of this study...

...Hau Ching Phyllis Chung; Kemi Adeyeye Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate the flood impact on a detached dwelling based on physical attributes related to the positioning, form and orientation of the house, and second, to investigate the effectiveness of property...

...Bingunath Ingirige; Gayan Wedawatta Purpose – Amidst the current economic climate, which places many constraints on expensive flood defence schemes, the policy makers tend to favour schemes that are sympathetic to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and which promote empowering...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Buildings insurance England Flooding Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 1 Keywords: Buildings insurance, England, Flooding The Government and the Association of British Insurers (ABI...

... Keywords: Flooding, Housing, Risk Homecheck Professional has launched a comprehensive flood report for residential property. The insurance bill from families and businesses hit by recent floods exceeds £2 billion, and according to Homecheck Professional and the Environment Agency, up to 5...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Flooding Professionals With the worst flooding seen for many years to hit parts of the UK the RICS has created a “hot topic” web page giving guidance to surveyors on this extremely topical subject. It is to be found...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Flooding Local authorities Sustainable development Keywords: Flooding, Local authorities, Sustainable development Although local planning authorities are taking on board the message about not developing inappropriately...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Insurance Subsidence Flooding Subsidence and flooding claims increase Keywords: Insurance, Subsidence, Flooding A report from the Association of British Insurance shows that weather related claims on property...