Flood Risk Management Strategies and Governance (eBook)

Dr. Tom Raadgever is consultant in the field of Water and Flood Risk Management at Europe’s leading engineering and architecture consultancy Sweco. During his career as researcher and consultant, Tom gained experience in water and flood risk management, governance and project- and process management in the Netherlands, Europe and South-East Asia. He has a strong drive to offer solutions to complex delta problems by translating natural and social science to policy and concrete projects. As coordinator Knowledge dissemination & networking in the EU FP7 project STAR-FLOOD, Tom was main author of the Practitioner’s Guide that is described in Part II of this book.  Dr. Dries Hegger is an assistant professor in regional water and climate governance at Utrecht University’s Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. His research contributes to the study of modes of environmental governance and their relationship with sustainable development. He has carried out projects on water governance, flood risk governance, knowledge co-creation in regional climate adaptation projects, relationships between water companies and consumers and on innovation in wastewater management systems in a Western context. The Environmental Governance section at which Dr. Hegger is employed coordinated the EU FP7 project STAR-FLOOD, the findings of which are presented in this book.

Preface.- 1. Necessity and importance of a diversification of flood risk management strategies.- 2. Establishing connectivity between actors, levels and sectors.- 3. The involvement of private parties, including businesses, citizens and NGOs in flood risk governance.- 4. Diversification in rules and regulations.- 5. Availability of resources.- 6. Evaluations of flood risk governance in terms of resilience.- Conclusions.