Collaborative Planning in Adaptive Flood Risk Management under Climate Change

Söderholm, Kristina; Pihlajamäki, Mia; Veijalainen, Noora; Vehviläinen, Bertel; Marttunen, Mika

doi:10.1007/s11269-017-1875-3

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“…The Kokemäenjoki river basin represents a system where procedures have been actively developed and are in place for flood control and for the overall governance of water resources with respect to hydrological, technical and broader environmental and socio-economic impacts (Verta and Triipponen 2011;Dubrovin et al 2017b), but where adaptation to climate change and related health risk issues have surfaced more recently (Assmuth et al 2016;Söderholm et al 2018). The river basin of Kokemäenjoki is the fourth largest in Finland, with a catchment of 27 000 km 2 and mean flow in the delta of 245 m s −1 .…”

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“…Two significant flood risk areas along the river, Pori and Huittinen, have been subject to increasing flood risk assessment and risk management planning according to the EU Floods Directive (EP and EC 2007) and the national legislation (Rajala 2013). Climate change is expected to increase floods risk in the river due to increasing autumn and winter floods, while spring snowmelt floods are likely to decrease due to warmer winters with less snow (Veijalainen et al 2010(Veijalainen et al , 2017Söderholm et al 2018). Also coastal floods are projected to increase with rising average sea levels and more frequent storms (Pellikka et al 2018).…”

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“…Lake regulation is a key means for managing water levels, volumes and flows in the case river basin (Dubrovin et al 2017b;Söderholm et al 2018). Its various uses are to be reconciled, but those for waterpower generation have traditionally dominated in Finland, while uses for fishing, recreation or the protection of aquatic environments have generally had lower priority.…”

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“…Only some studies have addressed related strategies, such as Helama et al (2013), regarding suicide prevention and climate warming, and Sairinen et al (2010), regarding health impacts of climate change in rural adaptation. On the other hand, flood risks and their management have been studied increasingly in the context of climate change (Silander et al 2006;Söderholm et al 2018). Yet, the specific links between flooding and human health in Finland have been considered seldom and narrowly, mainly implicitly in risk mapping and planning or in connection with damage from floods to buildings and infrastructure (Alho et al 2008;Lonka and Nikula 2008;Mäntylä and Saarelainen 2008;Wahlgren et al 2008).…”

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Human health in systemic adaptation to climate change: insights from flood risk management in a river basin

Assmuth

Lyytimäki

2019

Environ Syst Decis

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Human health risks in dealing with floods in a river basin in SouthWestern Finland are analysed as an example of scientific and practical challenges in systemic adaptation to climate change and in integrated governance of water resources. The analysis is based on case reports and plans, on literature studies and on conceptual models of risks and risk management. Flood risks in the Northern European study area are aggravated by melt-and storm-water runoff, ice jams and coastal flooding. Flood risk assessment is linked with management plans based on EU directives as applied in the case area. National risk management policies and procedures of increasing scope and depth have been devised for climate change, water resources and overall safety, but an integrated approach to health risks is still largely missing. The same is true of surveys of perceived flood risks, and participatory deliberation and collaborative planning procedures for flood risk management in the case area, specifically for adaptive lake regulation. Health impacts, risks and benefits, socioeconomic and systemic risks, and overarching prevention, adaptation and compensation measures are not fully included. We propose a systematic framework for these extensions. Particular attention needs to be given to health risks due to flooding, e.g. from water contamination, moist buildings, mental stress and infrastructure damage and also from management actions. Uncertainties and ambiguities about risks present continuing challenges. It is concluded that health aspects of flooding are complex and need to be better included in assessment and control, to develop more integrated and adaptive systemic risk governance.

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Section: Flood Risk Management In Finland and Its Relation To Other Amentioning

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Human health in systemic adaptation to climate change: insights from flood risk management in a river basin

Assmuth

Lyytimäki

2019

Environ Syst Decis

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“…These developments have also led to changes from static 3D data to dynamic 3D data and time series data, from static to dynamic and continuous visualizations, from spatial analysis to real-time spatio-temporal simulations, and from decision support aids to operational running. Spatio-temporal GIS can better satisfy these changes, can better manage spatio-temporal data from flood disasters, and can be used to reveal patterns of spatio-temporal changes in incidents (i.e., floods) [18][19][20][21].…”

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Dynamic 3D Simulation of Flood Risk Based on the Integration of Spatio-Temporal GIS and Hydrodynamic Models

Peng

et al. 2019

IJGI

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Dynamic visual simulation of flood risk is crucial for scientific and intelligent emergency management of flood disasters, in which data quality, availability, visualization, and interoperability are important. Here, a seamless integration of a spatio-temporal Geographic Information System (GIS) with one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic models is achieved for data flow, calculation processes, operation flow, and system functions. Oblique photography-based three-dimensional (3D) modeling technology is used to quickly build a 3D model of the study area (including the hydraulic engineering facilities). A multisource spatio-temporal data platform for dynamically simulating flood risk was built based on the digital earth platform. Using the spatio-temporal computation framework, a dynamic visual simulation and decision support system for flood risk management was developed for the Xiashan Reservoir. The integration method proposed here was verified using flood simulation calculations, dynamic visual simulations, and downstream river channel and dam-break flood simulations. The results show that the proposed methods greatly improve the efficiency of flood risk simulation and decision support. The methods and system put forward in this study can be applied to flood risk simulations and practical management.

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Unpacking notions of residents' responsibility in flood risk governance

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Environmental disasters, and especially floods, are among today's biggest sustainability challenges. The number and intensity of floods are increasing, challenging current governance approaches. Governments worldwide are looking to diversify their flood risk management and adaptation strategies, among others, by increasing resident involvement in flood risk governance. Such involvement of individuals shifts responsibilities from public to private actors. A clear understanding of the extent and implications of this shift is difficult to reach as theoretical perspectives on the concept of responsibility vary. Similarly, grounds for attributing responsibility for flood preparedness and response differ across countries. This lack of analytical and empirical clarity complicates academic and policy discourses on what it actually means to ‘be responsible’. The current article systematises these different approaches to responsibility in flood risk governance. To improve current knowledge on residents' responsibilities in flood risk governance, we present a conceptual framework that distinguishes among four theoretical notions of responsibility: legal responsibility, accountability, perceived responsibility, and moral responsibility. These notions are elucidated with the help of examples of flood risk governance practices in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands. We find that the four notions are closely intertwined. In addition, this article documents divergences between what individuals perceive as their own responsibility in flood risk management and the responsibilities that governments assume. We conclude with a discussion on the tensions between perceived responsibilities and the other three notions. Explicit, transparent and open discussion on these tensions is needed to allow attribution of responsibility in flood risk governance and to reconsider residents' roles in particular.

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Collaborative Planning in Adaptive Flood Risk Management under Climate Change

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Human health in systemic adaptation to climate change: insights from flood risk management in a river basin

Human health in systemic adaptation to climate change: insights from flood risk management in a river basin

Dynamic 3D Simulation of Flood Risk Based on the Integration of Spatio-Temporal GIS and Hydrodynamic Models

Unpacking notions of residents' responsibility in flood risk governance

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