A framework for evaluating flood risk governance

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Alexander, Meghan, Priest, Sally and Mees, Hannelore (2016) A framework for evaluating flood risk governance. Environmental Science & Policy, 64. pp. 38-47. ISSN 1462-9011

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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
Uncontrolled Keywords:	governance,evaluation,flood risk management,resilience,efficiency,legitimacy,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth,sdg 12 - responsible consumption and production ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
Related URLs:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06... https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/20053/
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2020 07:55
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2023 00:24
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74250
DOI:	10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.004

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