Incentives to contribute to flood adaptation in cities : Stakeholder analyses in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands

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Soma, Katrine; Dijkshoorn-Dekker, Marijke; Polman, Nico, 2018. Incentives to contribute to flood adaptation in cities; Stakeholder analyses in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands. Wageningen, Wageningen Economic Research, Report 2018-013. 76 pp.; 20 fig.; 3 tab.; 60 ref. Increasingly, urban stakeholders are becoming more engaged in contributing to reducing the intensified flooding risks due to climate change in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands. The aim of this study is to motivate stakeholder engagement for urban flood management. A template is provided including a total of four steps defining stakeholder positions, task roles and barriers, and showing how to deal with the barriers by suggesting communication levels, strategies and approaches. Overall, green solutions to drainage are thought to be favourable to quality of life, recreation, playground, air quality, health, heat stress, and depending on levels of inclusiveness, green can also contribute to social cohesion. References and websites 45Selection of interviewees: methodology 48 Online questionnaire design 51 Interviewees about cooperation 65 Quick-scan PPT presentation 68 SPONGE stakeholder analysis PPT presentation 70 Wageningen Economic Research Report 2018-013 | 5 Preface Climate change is becoming increasingly visible in the form of increased flooding in cities. While climate mitigation would be a favourable way of dealing with climate change, mitigating climate change is not achievable, at least not in the short term. Societies need to adapt to climate change, to make sure the increased flooding will not destroy lives, buildings and infrastructure in cities. The effect of investing in flood management immediately can result in avoidance of future disasters.It has been a pleasure to work with SPONGE partners, who want to contribute through the project to improve flood management in cities in the future. Stakeholder contributions can make a change to enhance flood management.Special thanks go to the SPONGE colleagues Wessel Tiessens (Netherlands), Milaila Bentz (UK) andRonny van Looveren (Belgium), with whom we met several times to discuss the contents of the report and contributions to the SPONGE project.We would also like to thank interviewees in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands for contributing with valuable insights. Their narratives were critically important to the storyline of this report.Prof.dr.ir. J.G.A.J. (Jack) van der Vorst Summary S.1 A template for motivating stakeholder engagementThe aim of this study is to motivate stakeholder engagement for urban flood management. In order to identify stakeholder contributions and barriers to conduct climate adaptations in the forms of flood management in cities in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands, a template is designed in this study following four main steps needed for enhancing stakeholder contributions. The four steps define 1) stakeholder positions, 2) task roles, 3) barriers, and 4) how to deal with these barriers by suggesting communication levels, strategies and approaches, w...

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