Alexander, M orcid.org/0000-0003-3147-085X, Priest, S and Mees, H (2016) A framework for evaluating flood risk governance. Environmental Science & Policy, 64. C. pp. 38-47. ISSN 1462-9011
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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Environmental Science & Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Governance; evaluation; flood risk management; resilience; efficiency; legitimacy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2016 16:40 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2017 16:02 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.004 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.004 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108070 |