Constructing risks – Internalisation of flood risks in the flood risk management plan

Matthijs M.D. Roos, Thomas T. Hartmann, Tejo T.J.M. Spit and Georg G. Johann

Environmental Science & Policy, 2017, vol. 74, issue C, 23-29

Abstract: Traditional flood protection methods have focused efforts on different measures to keep water out of floodplains. However, the European Flood Directive challenges this paradigm (Hartmann and Driessen, 2013). Accordingly, flood risk management plans should incorporate measures brought about by collaboration with local governments to develop and implement these measures (Johann and Leismann, 2014). One of the challenges of these plans is getting and keeping stakeholders involved in the processes related to flood risk management. This research shows that that this challenge revolves around how flood risks are socially constructed.

Keywords: Flood risk management; Water management; Risk perception; EU Floods Directive; System Theory; Luhmann (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.04.007

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