Room for the river, no room for conflict

Abstract

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From Dichotomies to Dialogues

“…Learning from Dutch history, different trends in flood risk management have been accompanied by different forms of governance, citizen involvement, policy narratives, and spatial interventions (Roth et al, 2021;. In the need to continue upscaling flood risk management, the Netherlands is, from a policy, narrative, and even a technological point of view, at the forefront.…”

“…As such, the programme is guided by the adoption of a systems approach, participatory decision-making, learning, and experimentation (Zevenbergen et al, 2015). Both from a narrative point of viewaccommodating water and living with water -and from a policy approach point of viewmulti-actor network governance, the programme signifies the end of an era of battling against water in an authoritarian government style (Roth et al, 2021).…”

“…In RfR, the enlargement of the floodplains takes place through the development of a few big projects. This modus operandi involves a series of challenges, namely: an uneven distribution of affected people and municipalities (Edelenbos, 2017;Roth et al, 2021); and a valuable amount of time in executing big projects which are not performative/operative until completion.…”