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An integrated approach to designing areas at risk of flooding to achieve sustainable, adaptable and safer development.

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9781848061019

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"""The Homes and Communities Agency welcomes this guidance, as it takes what can be difficult to grasp issues and places them in an easily accessible context."" Owen Peat, Project Manager National Consultancy Unit, Homes and Communities Agency ""The LifE project encourages much needed integrated thinking about the complex challenges facing urban development in the 21st century. The guidance is full of creative solutions and thought-provoking design approaches."" Anna Penning-Rowsell, Enabling Advisor, CABE ""The LifE project demonstrates the benefit of creative thinking when it comes to flood-risk. LifE provides a promising concept that deserves the attention of both public and private as well as the citizens involved."" Marnix de Vriend, Senior Consultant in Coastal Defence, Royal Haskoning, The Netherlands The LiFE Profect was the winner of the RIBA Presidenti? s Awards for Research 2009 for outstanding practice-based research. """

The Homes and Communities Agency welcomes this guidance, as it takes what can be difficult to grasp issues and places them in an easily accessible context. Owen Peat, Project Manager National Consultancy Unit, Homes and Communities Agency The LifE project encourages much needed integrated thinking about the complex challenges facing urban development in the 21st century. The guidance is full of creative solutions and thought-provoking design approaches. Anna Penning-Rowsell, Enabling Advisor, CABE The LifE project demonstrates the benefit of creative thinking when it comes to flood-risk. LifE provides a promising concept that deserves the attention of both public and private as well as the citizens involved. Marnix de Vriend, Senior Consultant in Coastal Defence, Royal Haskoning, The NetherlandsThe LiFE Profect was the winner of the RIBA President's Awards for Research 2009 for outstanding practice-based research.

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Baca Architects, UK

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