Adapting flood management to climate change: Comparing policy frames and governance practices in the low countries

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-70

  Crabbé, Ann ^a   Wiering, Mark ^b   Liefferink, Duncan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Belgium; Climate change; Flood management; Framing; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ADAPTATION; BELGIUM; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; FRAMING; NETHERLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOOD CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84929404070     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2014.018     Document Type: Article

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