Coproducing flood risk management through citizen involvement: Insights from cross-country comparison in Europe

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Mees, Hannelore ^a   Crabbé, Ann ^a   Alexander, Meghan ^b   Kaufmann, Maria ^c   Bruzzone, Silvia ^d   Lévy, Lisa ^e   Lewandowski, Jakub ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Codelivery; Coproduction; Cross country comparison; Flood risk governance; Flood risk responsibilities; Legitimacy; Public participation; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOOD CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BELGIUM; ENGLAND; FLANDERS; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84989165784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08500-210307     Document Type: Article

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