Flood risk policies in Italy: a longitudinal institutional analysis of continuity and change

Corinne Vitale and Sander Meijerink

International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2023, vol. 39, issue 2, 211-235

Abstract: This paper analyses continuity and change in flood risk management policies in Italy between 1952 and 2020. By using the politicized institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework, we systematically analyse the interplay between discursive, institutional and contextual factors to explain policy continuity and change. Italian flood risk management has traditionally been state-centred and focused on flood protection infrastructure for hazard reduction. Although shock events and European Union directives have been triggers for change, the policy shift towards a risk-based approach has been hampered by strong centralism and a hostile attitude towards the differentiation of rules and practices.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2021.1985972

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