You gain some funding, you lose some freedom: The ironies of flood protection in Limburg (The Netherlands)

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-125

  Wesselink, Anna ^a   Warner, Jeroen ^b   Kok, Matthijs ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discourse; Expertise; Flood management; Hegemony; Policy making; Securitisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 84877598153     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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