Governance Strategies for Improving Flood Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Water

Corinne Larrue¹  PeterP. J. Driessen²  DriesL. T. Hegger²  Cathy Suykens³  ZbigniewW. Kundzewicz⁴  Maria Pettersson⁵  Sally Priest⁶  Piotr Matczak⁷  Ann Crabbé⁸  Mark Wiering⁹  GerritThomas Raadgever^1,10  HelenaF. M. W. van Rijswick^1,10 

[1] Society, Sociology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobsstraat 2, S.M.380, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium;Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands;Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, UK;Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bukowska 19, 60-809 Poznań, Poland;Institute of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Szamarzewskiego 89c, 60-568 Poznań, Poland;Law Unit, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden;Paris School of Planning, Lab’Urba, Paris Est University, 14-20 Bd Newton, 77454 Marne La Vallée CEDEX 2, France;;Research Group Environment &Sweco Netherlands B.V., De Holle Bilt 22, 3743 HM De Bilt, The Netherlands;Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Utrecht University School of Law, Newtonlaan 201, 3584 BH Utrecht, The Netherlands;

关键词: flood risk management;    flood resilience;    governance strategies;    climate change;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w10111595

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Flooding is the most common of all natural disasters and accounts for large numbers of casualties and a high amount of economic damage worldwide. To be ‘flood resilient’, countries should have sufficient capacity to resist, the capacity to absorb and recover, and the capacity to transform and adapt. Based on international comparative research, we conclude that six key governance strategies will enhance ‘flood resilience’ and will secure the necessary capacities. These strategies pertain to: (i) the diversification of flood risk management approaches; (ii) the alignment of flood risk management approaches to overcome fragmentation; (iii) the involvement, cooperation, and alignment of both public and private actors in flood risk management; (iv) the presence of adequate formal rules that balance legal certainty and flexibility; (v) the assurance of sufficient financial and other types of resources; (vi) the adoption of normative principles that adequately deal with distributional effects. These governance strategies appear to be relevant across different physical and institutional contexts. The findings may also hold valuable lessons for the governance of climate adaptation more generally.

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