Retrofitting Resilience: A Soundscape Exploration of Existing/Adapted Flood Risk Scenarios скачать в хорошем качестве

Retrofitting Resilience: A Soundscape Exploration of Existing/Adapted Flood Risk Scenarios

Flooding has the capacity to cause significant physical and psychological trauma to communities and unless this issue is confronted by adapting both the built environment and our patterns of inhibition, cycles of repair and despair will persist. This short film explores the resulting consequences of a flood event on existing (Scenario 1) and adapted (Scenario 2) spatial conditions through the medium of a soundscape timeline. The research has been developed as part of the ‘Retrofitting Resilience’ study at the University of Cambridge, in which a framework has been developed for assessing community flood resilience. Throughout the study, new tools and techniques for the assessment, data gathering, communication and visualisation of flood risk have been developed to more rigorously understand the consequences of flood events (both tangible and intangible) and benefits of property level resilience (PLR). The village of Yalding in Kent was used as the case study for this research, a community that in the 2013/14 endured their worst flood in living memory. The research has been a multi-disciplinary endeavour, conducted through engagement with the residents of Yalding, the Environment Agency, Architects, Engineers, and with the support of the Cabinet Office.