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A framework for evaluating flood risk governance

Alexander, Meghan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3147-085X, Priest, Sally and Mees, Hannelore 2016. A framework for evaluating flood risk governance. Environmental Science and Policy 64 , pp. 38-47. 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
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1462-9011
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 16 October 2017
Date of Acceptance: 8 June 2016
Last Modified: 13 Nov 2023 07:14
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105579

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