Conditions for citizen co-production in a resilient, efficient and legitimate flood risk governance arrangement. A tentative framework

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 827-842

  Mees, Hannelore ^a   Crabbé, Ann ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

citizen co production; Flood risk governance; legitimacy; resilience; responsibility distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015155023     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2017.1299623     Document Type: Article

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