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Digest 523 Part 1 Flood resilient building: Part 1 - Legislation, planning, flood risk assessment and performance of buildings
Publication Year
2012
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Sets out an overall approach to building in flood-risk areas and the design of flood-resilient buildings, using a range of measures, and based on developments in all parts of the UK in recent years. Part 1 gives the background to building in flood-risk areas; covering legislation, the principles of flood-risk assessment and flood performance of buildings.
Author
Garvin, S.
ISBN
9781848062429
Publisher Information
BRE
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