Land Policy for Flood Risk Management—Toward a New Working Paradigm

Potočki, Kristina; Hartmann, Thomas; Slavíková, Lenka; Collentine, Dennis; Veidemane, Kristīna; Raška, Pavel; Barstad, J.; Evans, Rhys

doi:10.1029/2021ef002491

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“…For example, property rights have a strong impact on the feasibility of realizing NFM. Private landowners might reject or delay the idea as they have the legal power to do so in that property rights largely protect their private interests and objectives as opposed to the public interests (Potočki et al, 2022;van Straalen et al, 2018). The outcome is that in many cases, the landowner has, to some extent, a stronger position in the negotiation process than does the public administration.…”

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Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land

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The implementation of Natural Flood Management (NFM), as an example of a nature-based solution (NbS), is promoted as a risk reduction strategy to support sustainable flood risk management and climate change adaptation more widely. Additionally, as an NbS, NFM aims to provide further multiple benefits, such as increased biodiversity and improved water quality as well as improved mental health. The implementation of NbS often needs privateowned or managed land, yet can create conflicts between the different stakeholders which can undermine the social consensus required for successful implementation. Consequently, a main question is how the multiple benefits and requirements of NFM can be delivered to meet the different goals of the wide variety of stakeholders who must be involved. This article discusses the challenges and potential of implementing NFM as an alternative to the traditional technical mitigation measures in flood risk management. We outline four opportunities in the implementation of NFM: physical conditions of the catchment, social interaction, financial resources, and institutional setting. Their importance is then demonstrated and compared to different examples across the globe. Nevertheless, the core drivers reflect the social interaction and institutional setting and the role of stakeholders in the successful implementation of NFM.

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“…Conclusions here suggest enhanced engagement with private landowners and consideration of their perspectives. Current practices do not currently operate well because social and cultural aspects are not considered adequately in current FRM strategies (Potočki et al, 2022).…”

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The role of the courts in conflict resolution in UK flood risk management

Khalil,

Penning‐Rowsell

2023

J Flood Risk Management

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Conflicting interests in flood risk management (FRM) frequently arise, resulting in disputes which are often resolved through mutual agreement. Nevertheless, a small number of cases require legal intervention when negotiation or mediation fails. This can publicly reveal the conflict often hidden in these mutual agreements. The two areas that intersect to create this conflict are spatial planning and flood risk reduction strategies that may impact property rights. This research explores the nature of such conflict in FRM and its possible resolution. Through an analysis of 25 all‐UK legal Court transcripts, we investigate the underlying flood‐related disputation, dispute types, and how they were resolved. Our findings reveal that certain disputes remain unresolved prior to Court proceedings due to misunderstandings about spatial planning in at‐risk areas. In addition, the depiction and the accuracy of flood risk assessments can be a contentious issue. Some FRM disputes remain irresolvable due to the differences in collective and individual aspirations about the use of land by various interests: developers, local authorities, residents, landowners, and farmers. Understanding these FRM disputes and their judicial resolution is valuable in unambiguously revealing who are the ultimate ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in these fiercely contested struggles.

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“…A foundational domain that allows building this integrated approach to flood risk management interconnecting spatial planning, safety planning and developmental policies is land policy (Potočki et al 2022). It is concerned with the outmost critical factor: land, upon which all protective and resilience measures can be built upon.…”

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Land Policy in Resilience Building: The Case of the Evros River Basin in Northern Greece

Delladetsimas

Katsigianni

2023

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Land policy as an all-encompassing socio-economic domain has experienced a long-standing evolutionary process operating either as a foundational component of spatial planning or as an inherent policy entity in developmental strategies. Either way has endowed the advancement of numerous policy tools of its own, like land administration-registration practices, land banks, land expropriation, land consolidation, pre-emption rights, air rights development transfer, development rights, taxation, re-parceling and land compensation mechanisms. At the same time, land policy has been a rather critical element in all phases of safety planning (emergency planning, recovery-reconstruction planning and disaster mitigation-prevention planning). This study elaborates on the issue of land policy as an eminent component interlinking spatial planning, safety planning and development policies. Further on it highlights the wide variety of land policy tools that allow dealing (proactively and reactively) with disaster management and promoting resilient territories. Set in this context, the aim of this article is to reveal the importance of land policy in flood protection, focusing on a distinct flood risk setting: the Evros River Basin in Northern Eastern Greece; and more specifically in the making of an integrated safety-resilience planning strategy.

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Land Policy for Flood Risk Management—Toward a New Working Paradigm

Cited by 14 publications

References 65 publications

Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land

Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land

The role of the courts in conflict resolution in UK flood risk management

Land Policy in Resilience Building: The Case of the Evros River Basin in Northern Greece

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