Browsing by Author "O'Hare, Paul"
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“The best flood I ever had”: Contingent resilience and the (relative) success of adaptive technologies
Connelly, Angela; O'Hare, Paul; White, Iain (Elsevier, 2020)The practical operationalisation of resilience within cities is strongly linked to technology, such as better construction materials or redesigning urban form. Institutional and private sector actors often focus on issues ... -
Beyond 'just' flood risk management: the potential for-and limits to-alleviating flood disadvantage
O'Hare, Paul; White, Iain (Springer, 2018)The threat of flooding poses a considerable challenge for justice. Not only are more citizens becoming exposed to risk, but they are expected to play increasingly active roles in flood risk management. However, until ... -
Flood resilience technology in Europe: identifying barriers and co-producing best practice
White, Iain; Connelly, Angela; Garvin, Stephen; Lawson, Nigel; O'Hare, Paul (2018)Flood resistance (FRe) and resilience technologies hold considerable potential to limit the damage caused by flooding. Resistance technologies generally aim to keep water out of buildings, while resilient measures may allow ... -
From rhetoric to reality: which resilience, why resilience, and whose resilience in spatial planning?
White, Iain; O'Hare, Paul (Sage Publications Ltd, 2014)This paper analyses contrasting academic understandings of ‘equilibrium resilience’ and ‘evolutionary resilience’ and investigates how these nuances are reflected within both policy and practice. We reveal that there is a ... -
Insurance as maladaptation: Resilience and the "business as usual' paradox
O'Hare, Paul; White, Iain; Connelly, Angela (Sage Publications Ltd, 2016)Insurance and compensation are cited as critical elements of resilience to natural and non-natural hazards alike. As a strategy of risk management, it emphasises peace of mind, financial recompense and the swift restoration ...
Co-authors for Paul O'Hare
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