Nature-Based Flood Risk Management on Private Land
This open access book addresses the various disciplinary aspects of nature-based solutions in flood risk management on private land. In recent decades, water management has been moving towards nature-based solutions. These are assumed to be much more multi-purpose than traditional “grey infrastructures” and seem to be regarded as a panacea for many environmental issues. At the same time, such measures require more – and mostly privately owned – land and more diverse stakeholder involvement than traditional (grey) engineering approaches. They also present challenges related to different disciplines. Nature-based solutions for flood risk management not only require technical expertise, but also call for interdisciplinary insights from land-use planning, economics, property rights, sociology, landscape planning, ecology, hydrology, agriculture and other disciplines to address the challenges of implementing them. Ultimately, nature-based flood risk management is a multi-disciplinary endeavor. Featuring numerous case studies of nature-based flood risk management accompanied by commentaries, this book presents brief academic reflections from two different disciplinary perspectives that critically highlight which specific aspects are of significance, and as such, underscore the multi-disciplinary nature of the challenges faced. This open access book addresses the various disciplinary aspects of nature-based solutions in flood risk management on private land. In recent decades, water management has been moving towards nature-based solutions. These are assumed to be much more multi-purpose than traditional “grey infrastructures” and seem to be regarded as a panacea for many environmental issues. At the same time, such measures require more – and mostly privately owned – land and more diverse stakeholder involvement than traditional (grey) engineering approaches. They also present challenges related to different disciplines. Nature-based solutions for flood risk management not only require technical expertise, but also call for interdisciplinary insights from land-use planning, economics, property rights, sociology, landscape planning, ecology, hydrology, agriculture and other disciplines to address the challenges of implementing them. Ultimately, nature-based flood risk management is a multi-disciplinary endeavor. Featuring numerous case studies of nature-based flood risk management accompanied by commentaries, this book presents brief academic reflections from two different disciplinary perspectives that critically highlight which specific aspects are of significance, and as such, underscore the multi-disciplinary nature of the challenges faced.
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This open access book addresses the various disciplinary aspects of nature-based solutions in flood risk management on private land. In recent decades, water management has been moving towards nature-
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Landscape and Spatial Planning Environmental Sciences Group Wageningen, The Netherlands. Dr. Thomas Hartmann is Associate Professor at the Landscape and Spatial Planning Group of Wageningen University. He combines in his research an engi- neering perspective on environmental science with a socio-political perspective on FRM and land policies. He is Vice-Chair of the Land4Flood COST Action, Speaker of the advisory board of the German Flood Competence Centre and Active Member of the OECD Water Governance Initiative. He is also Vice-President of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR).
Thomas Hartmann (Editor)
Faculty of Social and Economic Studies Jan Evangelista Purkyně University Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. Lenka Slavíková graduated from the University of Economics, Prague (public economics and policy). Currently, she serves as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, J. E. Purkyně University in Ustí nad Labem. Her long-term interest is in water and biodiversity governance with the focus on Central and Eastern European Countries. She investigates flood risk perception of different actors and financial instruments for flood recovery and mitigation.
Lenka Slavíková (Editor)
Flood Hazard Research Centre Middlesex University London, UK. Dr. Simon McCarthy with a background in commercial social research, under- takes teaching, training and academic social research in the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University London. His research interests focus on the role of both public and professional social contexts in decision-making, communication of risk and uncertainty and approaches to participatory interaction in flood risk and water management. He is appointed as Member of the Thematic Advisory Group on flood and coastal erosion risk management research and development for England and Wales; Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales.
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