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Papers by Stephen Garvin
Waste 2002 - Integrated Waste Management and Pollution Control 2002: Research, Policy and Practice, 2002
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016
Flood protection systems with their spatial effects play an important role in managing and reduci... more Flood protection systems with their spatial effects play an important role in managing and reducing flood risks. The planning and decision process as well as the technical implementation are well organized and often exercised. However, building-related flood-resilience technologies (FReT) are often neglected due to the absence of suitable approaches to analyse and to integrate such measures in large-scale flood damage mitigation concepts. Against this backdrop, a synthetic model-approach was extended by few complementary methodical steps in order to calculate flood damage to buildings considering the effects of building-related FReT and to analyse the area-related reduction of flood risks by geo-information systems (GIS) with high spatial resolution. It includes a civil engineering based investigation of characteristic properties with its building construction including a selection and combination of appropriate FReT as a basis for derivation of synthetic depth-damage functions. Depending on the real exposition and the implementation level of FReT, the functions can be used and allocated in spatial damage and risk analyses. The application of the extended approach is shown at a case study in Valencia (Spain). In this way, the overall research findings improve the integration of FReT in flood risk management. They provide also some useful information for advising of individuals at risk supporting the selection and implementation of FReT.
Contaminated Soil ’95, 1995
There is an increasing use of bentonite-cement single phase slurry trench cut-off walls in the U.... more There is an increasing use of bentonite-cement single phase slurry trench cut-off walls in the U.K. to control lateral migration of leachates/gases from contaminated land sites. The majority of these cut-off walls also have a geomembrane built into them. To address some of the uncertainties related to the long term performance of these cut-off walls, particularly in very aggressive ground conditions, research is being undertaken in the U.K. at the Building Research Establishment (BRE). The work can be broadly divided into three areas: laboratory investigations of physical properties, laboratory assessment of the chemical compatibility of bentonite-cement and in-situ field investigations of existing walls.
Advances in Urban Flood Management, 2007
17 New Approaches to Flood Risk Management Implications for Capacity-Building Joanne Tippett &am... more 17 New Approaches to Flood Risk Management Implications for Capacity-Building Joanne Tippett & Emma J. Griffiths Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK ABSTRACT: New approaches to ...
Environmental Management and Health, 2001
In England and Wales, the construction industry produces 53.5 Mt of construction and demolition w... more In England and Wales, the construction industry produces 53.5 Mt of construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) annually, of which 51 percent goes to landfill, 40 percent is used for land reclamation and only 9 percent is crushed for future use or directly recovered. C&D waste may be contaminated, either through spillage from industrial processes or contact with contaminated land. There are no guidelines on how to classify C&D waste as contaminated or on risk management for contaminated C&D waste. Research at the UK Building Research Establishment and the University of Manchester has shown that new taxes are making disposal of C&D waste to landfill uneconomic, that low grade “land‐modelling” recycling is increasing, and that disposal on‐site is preferred. Sampling spatially of structures before demolition and temporally of processed C&D waste emerging from crushers is enabling sources of contamination and exceedance of guideline values to be compared with natural background levels...
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or ... more All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, without the written permission of the copyright-holder, application for which should be addressed to the publisher. Such written permission must also be obtained before any part of this publication is stored in a retrieval system of any nature. This publication is designed to provide accurate authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold and/or distributed with the understanding that neither the authors nor the publisher are thereby engaged in rendering a specific legal or any other professional service. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the publication, no warranty or fitness is provided or implied, and the authors and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage arising from its use.
Urban Water Journal, 2014
ABSTRACT The impacts of floods on housing are increasing due to more frequent and severe weather ... more ABSTRACT The impacts of floods on housing are increasing due to more frequent and severe weather events as well as the ongoing development of settlements in flood-prone areas together with the rising vulnerability of assets at risk. Therefore, the improvement of the resilience properties of buildings to better cope with flooding has become a key issue towards more flood resilient cities in European research in recent years. The implementation of flood resilience technologies (FReT) on the individual property scale provides a previously untapped potential to reduce flood damage to buildings due to insufficient transparency of their effects. To overcome this obstacle, the paper presents a four-step extension of a synthetic approach for flood vulnerability analysis to provide evidence on the potential effects of FReT uptake concerning flood damage mitigation. The proposed approach has been integrated in the GIS-based flood damage simulation model HOWAD to support the assessment of FReT alternatives. The simulation of flood damage to buildings in the case study Heywood, Greater Manchester (United Kingdom) revealed the potential of the extended approach to determine the consequences of FReT implementation on building scale.
Construction and Building Materials, 1999
Containment techniques are amongst the most common methods of remediating land contaminated by pr... more Containment techniques are amongst the most common methods of remediating land contaminated by previous industrial use. An important part of the containment process is the placing of vertical in-ground barriers to minimise the movement of contamination from site. Self-hardening slurry trench cut-off walls of cement–bentonite are barriers that are increasingly being used in the United Kingdom. The use of cement–bentonite
Journal of Materials Science Letters, 1988
Les mesures sont faites pendant le durcissement du ciment apres 1, 14 ou 25 fours d'hydratati... more Les mesures sont faites pendant le durcissement du ciment apres 1, 14 ou 25 fours d'hydratation; on etudie l'influence de la frequence
Waste 2002 - Integrated Waste Management and Pollution Control 2002: Research, Policy and Practice, 2002
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2016
Flood protection systems with their spatial effects play an important role in managing and reduci... more Flood protection systems with their spatial effects play an important role in managing and reducing flood risks. The planning and decision process as well as the technical implementation are well organized and often exercised. However, building-related flood-resilience technologies (FReT) are often neglected due to the absence of suitable approaches to analyse and to integrate such measures in large-scale flood damage mitigation concepts. Against this backdrop, a synthetic model-approach was extended by few complementary methodical steps in order to calculate flood damage to buildings considering the effects of building-related FReT and to analyse the area-related reduction of flood risks by geo-information systems (GIS) with high spatial resolution. It includes a civil engineering based investigation of characteristic properties with its building construction including a selection and combination of appropriate FReT as a basis for derivation of synthetic depth-damage functions. Depending on the real exposition and the implementation level of FReT, the functions can be used and allocated in spatial damage and risk analyses. The application of the extended approach is shown at a case study in Valencia (Spain). In this way, the overall research findings improve the integration of FReT in flood risk management. They provide also some useful information for advising of individuals at risk supporting the selection and implementation of FReT.
Contaminated Soil ’95, 1995
There is an increasing use of bentonite-cement single phase slurry trench cut-off walls in the U.... more There is an increasing use of bentonite-cement single phase slurry trench cut-off walls in the U.K. to control lateral migration of leachates/gases from contaminated land sites. The majority of these cut-off walls also have a geomembrane built into them. To address some of the uncertainties related to the long term performance of these cut-off walls, particularly in very aggressive ground conditions, research is being undertaken in the U.K. at the Building Research Establishment (BRE). The work can be broadly divided into three areas: laboratory investigations of physical properties, laboratory assessment of the chemical compatibility of bentonite-cement and in-situ field investigations of existing walls.
Advances in Urban Flood Management, 2007
17 New Approaches to Flood Risk Management Implications for Capacity-Building Joanne Tippett &am... more 17 New Approaches to Flood Risk Management Implications for Capacity-Building Joanne Tippett & Emma J. Griffiths Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK ABSTRACT: New approaches to ...
Environmental Management and Health, 2001
In England and Wales, the construction industry produces 53.5 Mt of construction and demolition w... more In England and Wales, the construction industry produces 53.5 Mt of construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) annually, of which 51 percent goes to landfill, 40 percent is used for land reclamation and only 9 percent is crushed for future use or directly recovered. C&D waste may be contaminated, either through spillage from industrial processes or contact with contaminated land. There are no guidelines on how to classify C&D waste as contaminated or on risk management for contaminated C&D waste. Research at the UK Building Research Establishment and the University of Manchester has shown that new taxes are making disposal of C&D waste to landfill uneconomic, that low grade “land‐modelling” recycling is increasing, and that disposal on‐site is preferred. Sampling spatially of structures before demolition and temporally of processed C&D waste emerging from crushers is enabling sources of contamination and exceedance of guideline values to be compared with natural background levels...
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or ... more All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, without the written permission of the copyright-holder, application for which should be addressed to the publisher. Such written permission must also be obtained before any part of this publication is stored in a retrieval system of any nature. This publication is designed to provide accurate authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold and/or distributed with the understanding that neither the authors nor the publisher are thereby engaged in rendering a specific legal or any other professional service. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the publication, no warranty or fitness is provided or implied, and the authors and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage arising from its use.
Urban Water Journal, 2014
ABSTRACT The impacts of floods on housing are increasing due to more frequent and severe weather ... more ABSTRACT The impacts of floods on housing are increasing due to more frequent and severe weather events as well as the ongoing development of settlements in flood-prone areas together with the rising vulnerability of assets at risk. Therefore, the improvement of the resilience properties of buildings to better cope with flooding has become a key issue towards more flood resilient cities in European research in recent years. The implementation of flood resilience technologies (FReT) on the individual property scale provides a previously untapped potential to reduce flood damage to buildings due to insufficient transparency of their effects. To overcome this obstacle, the paper presents a four-step extension of a synthetic approach for flood vulnerability analysis to provide evidence on the potential effects of FReT uptake concerning flood damage mitigation. The proposed approach has been integrated in the GIS-based flood damage simulation model HOWAD to support the assessment of FReT alternatives. The simulation of flood damage to buildings in the case study Heywood, Greater Manchester (United Kingdom) revealed the potential of the extended approach to determine the consequences of FReT implementation on building scale.
Construction and Building Materials, 1999
Containment techniques are amongst the most common methods of remediating land contaminated by pr... more Containment techniques are amongst the most common methods of remediating land contaminated by previous industrial use. An important part of the containment process is the placing of vertical in-ground barriers to minimise the movement of contamination from site. Self-hardening slurry trench cut-off walls of cement–bentonite are barriers that are increasingly being used in the United Kingdom. The use of cement–bentonite
Journal of Materials Science Letters, 1988
Les mesures sont faites pendant le durcissement du ciment apres 1, 14 ou 25 fours d'hydratati... more Les mesures sont faites pendant le durcissement du ciment apres 1, 14 ou 25 fours d'hydratation; on etudie l'influence de la frequence