Namrata is interested in multidisciplinary research positioned at the intersection of physical geography, human geography and development studies. She uses both quantitative and qualitative (mixed) methods to understand the interaction between human-nature relationships with special reference to disaster resilience.
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Email
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Telephone
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About Dr Namrata Bhattacharya-Mis
Namrata’s research interests lies in the understanding and managing the consequence of water extremes (especially flooding in coastal, fluvial and pluvial systems as well as droughts) and the vulnerabilities on the dynamic socio-economic and physical system behaviour. She has worked on research projects focusing on topics including: understanding risk perception and memory through social-hydrology; adaptation of urban infrastructure to enhance climate resilience in Nigeria; exploring the effects of temporal clustering of flood events on natural built and socio-economic systems in order to identify critical vulnerabilities, better allocate resources for protection and recovery and improve flood resilience.
Namrata is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Teaching
I am a module leader for:
GE4005: Introduction to World Development (International Development Studies)
GE6016: Environment, Poverty and Health (Geography and International Development Studies)
GE7013: Adaptation and Flood resilience (MSc Flood Risk assessment, Modelling and Engineering)
I also contribute towards other modules and supervise dissertation students for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
GE4004: Tutorials (Geography)
GE5001: Hazard Processes and Human Vulnerability (Geography and Natural Hazard Management)
GE5007: Challenges of Development (International Development)
GE5013/14: Researcher Development (Geography and International Development)
GE6004: Development in Practice (International Development)
GE7016: Research Methods and Analytics in Flood Risk Management (MSc Flood Risk assessment, Modelling and Engineering)
Research
My research interests concern understanding and managing the consequence of water extremes (especially flooding) and vulnerabilities on dynamic socio-economic system behaviour. I have worked on research projects focusing on topics including:
- Understanding risk perception and memory through social-hydrology;
- Adaptation of urban infrastructure to enhance climate resilience;
- Exploring the effects of temporal clustering of flood events on natural built and socio-economic systems to identify critical vulnerabilities and improve flood resilience.
Recent projects:
- FAPESP funded (based in Brazil) Understanding risk perception and enigma of peoples' memory through social-hydrology which looks into societal response and changing water extremes such as floods and droughts using peoples’ perception/ behavioural aspects, risk reduction or adaptation measures and understanding the dynamics of changing system in a holistic manner using feedback from the society.
- Flood Re Ltd. (UK) funded Evidence review for “building back better” Interim report for FloodRE United Kingdom
- An International Evaluation of the Role of Chartered Surveyors in Providing Professional Flood Risk Advice on Commercial Property: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Project
- Urbanisation Research Nigeria and ICF Consultants collaborative project: Adaptation of urban infrastructure to enhance climate resilience in Nigeria
- EPSRC funded Flood MEMORY: Includes commercial and residential properties based in the UK; effects of temporal clustering of flood events on natural built and socio-economic systems with memory, in order to identify critical vulnerabilities, better allocate resources for protection and recovery and improve flood resilience.
Published Work
Journal papers
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, F., Kreibich, H., Montz, B., Proverbs, D., & Wilkinson, S. (2019). Flood risk insurance, mitigation and commercial property valuation. Property Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-11-2018-0058 (in press)
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, F., Kreibich, H., Montz, B., Proverbs, D., Wilkinson, S. and Lamond, J. (2018) Flood risk to commercial property: Training and education needs of built environment professionals. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment. ISSN 1759-5908
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Lamond, J. (2016) Risk perception and vulnerability of value: A study in the context of commercial property sector. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 20(3) pp. 252-264. ISSN 1648-715X
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N. (2016) A risky business, RICS Building Surveying Journal, May-June Issue, rics.org/journals; pp-19
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Joseph, R., Proverbs, D., and Lamond, J. (2015) Grass-root preparedness against potential flood risk among residential and commercial property holders. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment. 6(1), pp-44-56. ISSN 1759-5908
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Lamond, J. (2015). Mapping community knowledge of vulnerability of value: a case study in the UK. Journal of Safety and Security Engineering. 5(3), pp- 1-14. ISSN 2041-9031
Research Reports
Lamond, J., Rose, C., Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Joseph, R. (2018) Evidence review for property flood resilience phase 2 report. Project Report. Flood Re, London.
Lamond, J. Bhattacharya-Mis, N. Kreibich, H., Montz, B., Proverbs, D., Wilkinson, S. (2017) Flood risk mitigation and commercial property advice: an international comparison, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Research Report, London.
Book chapters
De Souza, F., Mendiondo, E., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Taffarello, D., Fava, C.M., Buarque, Ana Carolina., Estrada, C., Abreu, F., Abe, N., Nobrega, M., Macedo,M., Belini, Joao., Andrade, S., Delbem, A. (2019) Informacoes voluntarias na producao de conhecimento cientifico e gestao de desastres, CEPED, Sao Paulo, Brazil (in Portugese)
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and J. Lamond (2014). An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield. Flood Recovery Innovation and Response, Poznan, Poland, WIT Press.
Conference Papers
Mendiondo E.M., Souza, Augusto, F., Taffarello,D., Sarmento-Buarque,A.C., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Restrepo Estrada. C., Clara Fava, M., Delbem, A., Camargo, S., Abe, N., Abreu, F.,Gomes Nobrega Jr.,M., Batalini de Macedo, M. (2019) How to bridge the gaps among DRR, SDG, UPH, MOXXI/CANDHY and Panta Rhei by volunteered information of human-centered observatories? , American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting 2019 session H081 - Hydrology, Society, and Environmental Change: Convergent Approaches to Human–Water Interactions, San Francisco, CA.
Augusto A Souza, F., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Restrepo-Estrada, C.E., Gober,P Taffarello,D Mendiondo, Eduardo Mario. (2019) Coupling time series analysis with citizens' perspectives for urban water footprint accounting under change, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting 2019 session H146 - Water and Society: Water Resources Management and Policy in a Changing World, San Francisco, CA.
Bhattacharya-Mis,N., Mendiondo, Eduardo Mario., Augusto A Souza, F., Clara Fava, M., Sarmento-Buarque,A.C., Restrepo Estrada. C., Caballero, F.P., Mohor, G.S. (2019) The synergistic model: A comprehensive way to understand the real cost of disasters. European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Session NH9.4 – Costs of Natural Hazards, Vienna, Austria
Lamond, J., N Bhattacharya-Mis. N (2018) Resilience through insurance – a comparison of the role of insurance in flood resilience for households and businesses in England 8th International Conference on Building Resilience (ICBR 2018), Lisbon, Portugal.
Mendiondo, E.M., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., de Souza, F., Mendes, H.C., Fava, M.C., Sarmento-Buarque, A.C., Restrepo-Estrada, C.E., Giuntoli, I., Caballero, P.F. (2018) Understanding urban risk perception and enigma of peoples' memory through social-hydrology observatories of water security under global changes, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting 2018, IAHS Panta Rhei session (H072): Hydrology, Society, and Environmental Change: Human-Water Interactions Across Scales. Washington D.C.
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Lamond, J., Chan, Faith., Kreibich, Heidi., Montz, Burrel.,l Proverbs, David., Wilkinson, S., (2018) Advising on flood risk – opportunities and challenges across international commercial property markets. RICS COBRA Conference, London.
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Lamond, J. (2017) Supply chain fragility and flood disruption: understanding the impacts of supplier and customer proximity, The 7th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM7), Leeds, UK.
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, Faith., Kreibich, Heidi., Montz, Burrel.,l Proverbs, David., Wilkinson, Sara. (2017) Improving the flood risk management of commercial properties – Can surveyors help? The 7th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM7), Leeds, UK.
Lamond, J., Bhattacharya-Mis, N., Chan, Faith., Kreibich, Heidi., Montz, Burrel.,l Proverbs, David., Wilkinson, Sara. (2016) An international understanding of the current and future role of Chartered Surveyors in providing flood risk advice for commercial properties, RICS COBRA Conference, Toronto, Canada (Best paper award 2016)
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Lamond, J. (2015) Flood risk vs property value: A sector specific market perception study of commercial properties, 5th International Conference on Building Resilience, Newcastle, Australia.
Bhattacharya-Mis, N., and Lamond, J. (2015) An investigation of flood memory, insurance and property value: the UK regime, RICS COBRA AUBEA 2015, Sydney; Australia
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Lamond, J. (2014) Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment. In: 2nd International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, London, 3 - 5 November 2014. London: UCL (Received Mention award for the paper)
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Lamond, J. (2014) Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research. In: Amaratunga, D. and Haigh, R., eds. 4th International Conference on Building Resilience, Incorporating the 3rd Annual Conference of the ANDROID Disaster Resilience, Salford, United Kingdom, 9-11 September 2014., pp. 111-119.
Bhattacharya-Mis, N. and Lamond, J.(2014) An investigation of patterns of response and recovery among flood affected businesses in the UK: Case study in Sheffield and Wakefield, International Conference on Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response (FRIAR) IV, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Qualifications
PhD in Disaster Management in Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton (UK)
MSc (Geo-Information Science and Environmental Modelling) , Joint Masters Programme, University of Southampton (UK), University of Lund (Sweden), University of Warsaw (Poland), Twente University (Netherlands);
PG Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS, Jadavpur University, India
MSc (Geog), Banaras Hindu University, India
BSc (Geog), University of Calcutta, India
Membership of Professional Bodies
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of European Geosciences Union