Flood resilience
Guidance on the code of practice for property flood resilience, published by CIRIA in 2021, defines flood resilience as: ‘The combination of flood resistance and flood recoverability.’ It defines flood resilience technologies as: ‘practical devices and techniques which improve the resilience of buildings to flooding.’
Code of practice for property flood resilience, Edition 2, published by CIRIA in 2020, defines property flood resilience as: ‘Flood resilience related to buildings within the curtilage of a property.’
The National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England, Glossary, published by the Environment Agency in 2020, defines resilience as: ‘The capacity of people and places to plan for, better protect, respond to, and to recover from flooding and coastal change. Places can achieve this by: making the best land use and development choices, better protecting people and places, responding to and recovering from flooding and coastal change whilst all the time adapting to climate change.’
See also: Flood recoverability and flood resistance.
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