ABSTRACT
Flood risk management at the building scale is often referred to as ‘property flood resilience’ (PFR). This chapter highlights the ways in which flood water can enter a property, and describes the key questions to consider with regard to PFR and a variety of spatial strategies for adaptation and resilience at the building level. It discusses the ways in which new and existing buildings can be designed or adapted to be flood resilient. Flood water can penetrate a building via the fabric of external and party walls. The routes through which services are wired or plumbed into a building are often overlooked as a point of water entry. Flood water can enter buildings via underfloor voids and up through floors. Temporary flood barriers can be used as a resistance measure to protect building apertures. A flood skirt is a continuous waterproof membrane that surrounds the perimeter of the building and can be raised into place to hold out flood water.
