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I have pioneered the development of flood recovery approaches and property flood resilience to the benefit of many governments, agencies, charities, companies and institutions worldwide. I have published extensively on a range of flood risk management topics including adaptation, resilience, recovery and retrofit. am Editor in Chief for the Journal of Flood Risk Management and the International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation.

I have an extensive national and international network of flood risk management academics and practitioners. I have developed significant regional, national and international research and enterprise collaborations drawing on a range of funding sources to pioneer innovative solutions towards improving resilience to flooding. My research has had significant national and international impact in the development of UK Climate Change Policy; as a trustee advising on global research grant awards; lead innovation adviser to the EA’s Trent Regional Flood and Coastal Committee; and through supporting the development of national flood risk strategies, for example in Brazil, China, Nigeria, Peru and the UK.

• Institute of Architecture
• Institute of Sustainable Futures

Indicative List of Recent Publications:
Journal Publications

1) Vanderhorst, H., Pathirage, C. and Proverbs, D. (2024) Navigating Flood Resilience: Challenges, Solutions, And Lessons From The Dominican Republic, Water, Flood Risk Management and Resilience Volume II
2) Xu, W., Du, W., Proverbs, D. and Cai, X. (2024) A Novel Modelling Approach to Quantify the Flood Resilience of Cities, Water 16(7), 1066;
3) Xu, W., Cai, X., Yu, Q., Proverbs, D. and Xia, T. (2024) Modelling Trends in Urban Flood Resilience Towards Improving the Adaptability of Cities, Water, 16, 1614.
4) Xu, W., Du, W. and Proverbs, D.G. (2024) The Resilience of the Construction Supply Chain to Urban Flooding, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation.
5) Abubakar, M., Wu, W., Mavritsaki, E. and Proverbs, D. (2024) The Role of Emotional Appeal in Water Conservation Communication: A Framework for Social Media Engagement, Sustainable Water Resources Management. Vol 10, No 151,
6) Xu, W., Guo, X., Proverbs, D. Han, P. (2025) A GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Urban Flood Risk, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation. In press
7) Xu, W., Han, P., Proverbs,D. and Guo, W. (2025) A Study of the Temporal and Spatial Evolution Trends of Urban Flood Resilience in the Pearl River Delta, China. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation. DOI: 10.1108/IJBPA-11-2024-0228
8) Xu, W., Han, P., and Proverbs,D. (2025) A new approach to evaluating urban flood risk: the case of Guangdong Province in China, Urban Water in Press.
9) Fasihi, S., Lim, A. Proverbs, D.G. and Wu, W. (2025) Key Drivers in Flood and Drought Risk Assessment: Unveiling Risk Factors Through a Multi-Metric Network Approach, Water Resources in Press
Books
1) Oladokun, V., Proverbs, D., Adebimpe, O. and Adedeji, T. (Eds) (2023) Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries, Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9780367749743
2) Ahadzie, D., Proverbs, D., Soetanto, R. and Oladokun, V. (Eds) (2024) Handbook of Flood Risk Management and Community Action: An International Perspective Routledge / Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781032324708
3) Lamond, J., Proverbs, D. and Bhattacharya-Mis, N. (Eds) (2024) Research Handbook on Flood Risk Management, Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 83910 297 4

Flood risk management: resilience and adaptation; response and recovery; impact and mitigation; economic appraisal

Project management, risk management

BSc (Hons), PG Cert-Ed, PhD, MBA, PFHEA, FCIOB, FRICS

Project Management

Visiting Professor Awards:

• Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2009-2010
• University of the West of England, 2014 (ongoing)
• Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Laboratory of Geoprocessing (GeoLab), 2017 (ongoing)
• Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, China, 2018
• (ongoing)
• Massey University, New Zealand, 2023-2026

• Environment Agency - Trent Regional Flood and Coastal Committee
• Editor in Chief - Journal of Flood Risk Management
• Editor in Chief - International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation

• FRICS
• FCIOB
• PFHEA

A FAIR Approach to Community Flood Risk.

• Flood risk management
• Property flood resilience

Olutayo Ekundayo

Recent projects

1. EA Flood and Coastal Erosion Resilience Innovation Programme (2021-2027) A FAIR
approach to community Flood Risk (£115k) Total project value £6.6m.
2. RICS Research Trust (2019-21) Exploring the application of property level flood risk
adaptation (PLFRA) measures for commercial buildings (£20k)
3. Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (2019) Low-cost
devices to maximize the resilience of communities and buildings exposed to floods and
frequent urban floods (£30k)
4. British Council / Peru Newton Fund (2018) International Flood Risk Management
Workshop in Peru (£45k)
5. RCUK with Innovate UK (2016-2017) Urban Living Birmingham, UoB, Warwick, Aston
and Birmingham City University (£400k)
6. DEFRA (2015-2017) Defra Tender FD2682 - Supporting the Uptake Low Cost Resilience
for Properties at Risk of Flooding (£85k)
7. RICS Project (2015-2016) An International Evaluation of the Role of Chartered Surveyors
in Providing Professional Flood Risk Advice on Commercial Property (£20k)
8. DEFRA/EA Pathfinder Project (2013-2014) Liverpool City Council Behaviour Change
Project (£20k)