Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2022
Land Policy for Flood Risk Management-Toward a New Working Paradigm
Potocki, K.; Hartmann, T.; Slavikova, L.; Collentine, D.; Veidemane, K.; Raska, P.; Barstad, J.; Evans, R.Abstract
Flood risk management (FRM) aims to integrate necessary technical measures with environmental and societal approaches. Focusing on the process and governance of how to plan, implement, and maintain solutions therefore becomes essential. Among the different stakeholders, landowners are a key group to be considered. This contribution elaborates on the interconnections between land policy, FRM and private land ownership. It is based on the European COST Action network LAND4FLOOD, which brings together academics and stakeholders from various disciplines and more than 35 countries. We argue for a less project oriented and more process oriented approach, a focus on land management and more emphasis on small-scale measures. This represents a break with some of the recent working paradigms of FRM.Keywords
flood risk management; land management; land policy; scale; process; governancePublished in
Earth's Future2022, volume: 10, number: 4, article number: e2021EF002491
Publisher: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
Authors' information
Potocki, K.
University of Zagreb
Hartmann, T.
Dortmund University of Technology
Slavikova, L.
University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment
Veidemane, K.
Baltic Environmental Forum
Raska, P.
University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne
Barstad, J.
University College for Green Development
Evans, R.
University College for Green Development
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG13 Climate action
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Management
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002491
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/116740