The Rise of Civil Society in Governing Flood Resilience

Forrest, Steven

doi:10.33612/diss.134436453

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“…Through these interactions, FRM authorities can become more aware of local groups, which can be called upon for help when needed during a flood situation in an organised manner to help support their efforts, resulting in a higher level of community preparedness. Such efforts can be further enhanced when civil society groups are encouraged to participate and collaborate with FRM authorities (Forrest, 2020).…”

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Plugging the holes: Identifying potential avenues and limitations for furtheringDutchcivil society contributions towards flood resilience

Koers,

Forrest,

van Popering‐Verkerk

2023

J Flood Risk Management

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Climatic changes can cause unpredictability in flood regimes that traditional flood risk management (FRM) approaches may struggle with. Therefore, flood resilience is seen as a supplementation to these approaches, putting a larger emphasis on flood acceptance and minimising consequences. An (emergent) group contributing towards flood resilience is civil society. This paper examines how civil society contributions can be furthered and guided in the Netherlands as well as exploring potential limitations in doing so. To achieve this, England is used as a good practice example due to a more developed and defined role for civil society being present here. Data were collected on both actual (England and the Netherlands) and potential (The Netherlands) civil society contributions. These were compared to identify potential avenues for Dutch civil society contributions to flood resilience that can be further investigated. The research shows that the most promising avenues are improving advocacy from citizens, improving local flood awareness and developing relationships between FRM authorities and existing citizen groups that can be harnessed and mobilised to support flood resilience. Additionally, the research also provides insights into potential limitations for transferring resilience approaches from one context to another beyond the cases discussed in this publication.

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confidence: 99%