Recurrent Governance Challenges in the Implementation and Alignment of Flood Risk Management Strategies: a Review

C. Dieperink (), D. L. T Hegger, M. H. N. Bakker, Z. W. Kundzewicz, C. Green and P. P. J. Driessen
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C. Dieperink: Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
D. L. T Hegger: Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
M. H. N. Bakker: Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Z. W. Kundzewicz: Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment
C. Green: Middlesex University, Flood Hazard Research Centre
P. P. J. Driessen: Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2016, vol. 30, issue 13, No 1, 4467-4481

Abstract: Abstract In Europe increasing flood risks challenge societies to diversify their Flood Risk Management Strategies (FRMSs). Such a diversification implies that actors not only focus on flood defence, but also and simultaneously on flood risk prevention, mitigation, preparation and recovery. There is much literature on the implementation of specific strategies and measures as well as on flood risk governance more generally. What is lacking, though, is a clear overview of the complex set of governance challenges which may result from a diversification and alignment of FRM strategies. This paper aims to address this knowledge gap. It elaborates on potential processes and mechanisms for coordinating the activities and capacities of actors that are involved on different levels and in different sectors of flood risk governance, both concerning the implementation of individual strategies and the coordination of the overall set of strategies. It identifies eight overall coordination mechanisms that have proven to be useful in this respect.

Keywords: Flood risk governance; Flood risk management; Coordination mechanisms; Participation; Collaboration; Europe; Literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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