A framework for evaluating flood risk governance
Alexander, Meghan, Priest, Sally J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2304-1502 and Mees, Hannelore
(2016)
A framework for evaluating flood risk governance.
Environmental Science & Policy, 64
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pp. 38-47.
ISSN 1462-9011
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(doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.004)
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Abstract
Calls to strengthen flood risk governance are echoed across Europe amidst a growing consensus that floods will increase in the future. Accompanying the pursuit of societal resilience, other normative agendas relating legitimacy (e.g. accountability and public participation), and resource efficiency, have become attached to discussions concerning flood risk governance. Whilst these represent goals against which ‘success’ is socially and politically judged, lacking from the literature is a coherent framework to operationalise these concepts and evaluate the degree to which these are achieved. Drawing from cross-disciplinary and cross-country research conducted within the EU project STAR-FLOOD, this paper presents a framework for evaluating the extent to which flood risk governance arrangements support societal resilience, and demonstrate efficiency and legitimacy. Through empirical research in England, this paper critically reflects on the value of this approach in terms of identifying entry points to strengthen governance in the pursuit of these goals.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Available online 22 June 2016 |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Flood Hazard Research Centre |
Item ID: | 20053 |
Notes on copyright: | © 2016. This author's accepted manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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Depositing User: | Sally Priest |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2016 10:16 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 21:33 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/20053 |
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