Residential properties in England and Wales: An evaluation of repair strategies towards attaining flood resilience

Hazards and the Built Environment: Attaining Built-in Resilience

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 124-149

  Soetanto, Robby ^a   Proverbs, David ^b   Lamond, Jessica ^b   Samwinga, Victor ^c  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860430770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938720     Document Type: Chapter

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