All Outputs (3)

Reinstatement of flood affected property: Experiences of SMEs affected by the 2009 Cockermouth flood event (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, H., Ingirige, B., & Proverbs, D. (2012, September). Reinstatement of flood affected property: Experiences of SMEs affected by the 2009 Cockermouth flood event. Presented at RICS Construction, Building and Real Estate Conference (COBRA 2012), Las Vegas, USA

Recent policy changes in the UK encourage at-risk communities to learn to live with and adapt to flooding. Adaptation of individual properties by embracing resilient and resistant measures is an important aspect endorsed therein. Uptake of such prote... Read More about Reinstatement of flood affected property: Experiences of SMEs affected by the 2009 Cockermouth flood event.

Impacts of flooding on SMEs and their relevance to chartered surveyors : final report of the developing flood expert knowledge in chartered surveyors - DEFENCES project (2012)
Report
Wedawatta, H., Ingirige, B., & Proverbs, D. (2012). Impacts of flooding on SMEs and their relevance to chartered surveyors : final report of the developing flood expert knowledge in chartered surveyors - DEFENCES project

The UK has endured a number of major flood events in recent years, and the UK Environment Agency (2009a) identified that about 5.2million properties in England, amounting to one in six, are at risk of flooding. The impacts of flooding include d... Read More about Impacts of flooding on SMEs and their relevance to chartered surveyors : final report of the developing flood expert knowledge in chartered surveyors - DEFENCES project.

Resilience and adaptation of small and medium-sized enterprises to flood risk (2012)
Journal Article
Wedawatta, G., & Ingirige, B. (2012). Resilience and adaptation of small and medium-sized enterprises to flood risk. Disaster Prevention and Management, 21(4), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653561211256170

Purpose – The UK has experienced a number of flood events in recent years, and the intensity and frequency of such events are forecast to further increase in future due to changing climatic conditions. Accordingly, enhancing the resilience of small a... Read More about Resilience and adaptation of small and medium-sized enterprises to flood risk.