Multi-level stakeholder engagement in flood risk management-A question of roles and power: Lessons from England

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 292-301

  Thaler, Thomas ^a,b   Levin Keitel, Meike ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood risk management; Partnership funding; Power; Societal implications; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FUNDING; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84947292284     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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