Lifestyle and language barriers influence community engagement with green infrastructure.

Few studies have focused on value structures, experiences, and cultural diversity as it relates to bioswale planning and implementation. We used 'Point of Opportunity Interactions' to understand previously undocumented views of the Cantonese-speaking immigrant community regarding bioswale design and use for stormwater management in Portland, Oregon, USA. Approximately half of participants were not aware of bioswale function.

Developing the implicit association test to uncover hidden preferences for sustainable drainage systems.

Understanding public perceptions of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) is critical for addressing barriers to their implementation. Perceptions are typically evaluated using explicit measures (e.g.

An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households.

The long term psychological effect of the distress and trauma caused by the memory of damage and losses associated with flooding of communities remains an under researched impact of flooding. This is particularly important for communities that are likely to be repeatedly flooded where levels of mental health disorder will damage long term resilience to future flooding. There are a variety of factors that affect the prevalence of mental health disorders in the aftermath of flooding including pre-existing mental health, socio-economic factors and flood severity.