Emerging citizen contributions, roles and interactions with public authorities in Dutch pluvial flood risk management

Forrest, Steven; Trell, Elen‐Maarja; Woltjer, Johan

doi:10.1080/07900627.2019.1701999

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“…Recent years have seen a series of damaging cloudbursts across Northern Europe [12,13], such as the 2011 cloudburst over Copenhagen resulting in over EUR 800 million in damage [14], and the 2014 cloudburst over Malmö resulting in a record number (more than 2000) of damage claims directed both to insurance companies and to the municipal water and wastewater utility [15]. Pluvial flooding in the Netherlands generates costs of about EUR 90 million per year, and the prediction is that this could increase to EUR 200 million per year [16]. Pluvial and sewer flooding entails not only an economic burden but also health-related impacts due to contact with contaminated water and mental stress issues [14,17].…”

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Systemic Inequity in Urban Flood Exposure and Damage Compensation

Mobini

Becker

Larsson

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Water

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Urban flooding is a growing concern in Northern Europe. While all countries in this region invest substantial resources into urban flood risk management, all property owners have unequal opportunity to have their flood risk managed. This paper presents the notion of equity in the urban flood risk management, focusing on urban flood exposure and compensation after sewage surcharge on the 31 August 2014 cloudburst over Malmö in Sweden. All damage claims and the procedures assessing them were analysed based on the type of sewer system (combined or separated) that affected the properties. The results demonstrated considerable systemic inequity in both flood exposure and damage compensation. The owners of properties connected to combined systems were four times more likely to make a damage claim, while having their damage claims approved just over half as often, compared with owners of properties connected to separated sewage systems. Considering the multifaceted nature of both inequities and their possible resolution, current praxis is not sufficient for the management of future urban drainage systems; not only concerning changing climatic conditions but also concerning social conditions.

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Systemic Inequity in Urban Flood Exposure and Damage Compensation

Mobini

Becker

Larsson

et al. 2020

Water

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“…Citizen participation involves sharing, by the citizens, in the benefits of development, an active contribution of citizens in the development and their participation at every level (Forrest, Trell & Woltjer, 2021). The views regarding citizen participation seem to converge towards a common notion of "citizen influence and or control".…”

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Towards enhancing local citizen participation in Uganda

Mwesigwa

2021

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose an alternative model of enhancing citizen participation in Uganda. Research Methodology: The central approach for this paper was review of obtainable theoretical and conceptual writings on citizen participation in Uganda and other parts of the world. Literature review is the gathering of information from obtainable resources such as educational journals and statistical periodicals. The approach has been demonstrated to be very effective and can be applied at any stage of a research process. Results: Citizen Participation encourages marginalised groups to be organised in structures under their control; brings knowledge of their social environment and process to the local government agenda in a way that no other structure can as well as fostering self-reliance. Limitations: This study took a desk research and the actual opinions from selected citizens may be parallel to the conclusions obtained in this review. Contribution: The study can be used for local government managers implementing community-driven projects. Keywords: Citizen participation, policy implementation, stakeholders, bureaucrats, local leaders

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“…Much work in the literature has been dedicated to defining resilience as a concept to use in flood management [197][198][199][200]. Basically, the concept of flood resilience constitutes an acceptance that floods may happen, despite flood defenses being in place, and it also emphasizes the importance of reducing potential flood consequences and the notion of "living with floods" [201,202].…”

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Flood Risk in Urban Areas: Modelling, Management and Adaptation to Climate Change. A Review

2022

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The modelling and management of flood risk in urban areas are increasingly recognized as global challenges. The complexity of these issues is a consequence of the existence of several distinct sources of risk, including not only fluvial, tidal and coastal flooding, but also exposure to urban runoff and local drainage failure, and the various management strategies that can be proposed. The high degree of vulnerability that characterizes such areas is expected to increase in the future due to the effects of climate change, the growth of the population living in cities, and urban densification. An increasing awareness of the socio-economic losses and environmental impact of urban flooding is clearly reflected in the recent expansion of the number of studies related to the modelling and management of urban flooding, sometimes within the framework of adaptation to climate change. The goal of the current paper is to provide a general review of the recent advances in flood-risk modelling and management, while also exploring future perspectives in these fields of research.

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Emerging citizen contributions, roles and interactions with public authorities in Dutch pluvial flood risk management

Cited by 27 publications

References 34 publications

Systemic Inequity in Urban Flood Exposure and Damage Compensation

Systemic Inequity in Urban Flood Exposure and Damage Compensation

Towards enhancing local citizen participation in Uganda

Flood Risk in Urban Areas: Modelling, Management and Adaptation to Climate Change. A Review

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