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ToolsKing, Phoebe, Bark, Rosalind H. and Lovett, Andrew (2025) Do public and farmer preferences for natural flood management align? Journal of Flood Risk Management, 18 (4). ISSN 1753-318X
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Abstract
The demand for catchment-based flood management to adapt to climate change is growing, with natural flood management(NFM) receiving increasing attention. NFM has implications for the ‘providers’ of land for measures upstream (the farmers) and the ‘beneficiaries’ of flood reduction downstream (the public). The misalignment of interests from these stakeholder groups may pose a challenge for flood risk managers during the delivery of NFM at the catchment scale. Considering this, a rapid evidence assessment (REA) of 60 peer-reviewed articles was undertaken. This REA provides an overview of catchment perspectives, com-pares farmer and public preferences for NFM design, and explores key determinants of scheme acceptance. The public expressed positive perceptions and willingness to pay for NFM, with preferences for measures with large water storage capacity that deliver co-benefits alongside flood management objectives. For farmers, NFM schemes that contributed to on-farm conditions, for ex-ample, soil stability, were seen as positive, but overall, their willingness to adopt measures was limited. Nevertheless, knowledge of NFM among both groups strongly determined its acceptance. This suggests that resolving misaligned values will require policymakers and practitioners to work with these stakeholders on NFM design and farmer incentives to secure the delivery of future schemes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Data Availability Statement: The data that supports the findings of this study is available in the Supporting Information. Funding information: This work was supported by University of East Anglia. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | agri- environmental schemes,catchment-based approach,economic valuation,land management,nature-based solutions,payment for ecosystem services,willingness to accept,willingness to pay,agri-environmental schemes,water science and technology,geography, planning and development,safety, risk, reliability and quality,environmental engineering,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2312 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2025 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Dec 2025 16:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101232 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jfr3.70130 |
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