Towards Interactive Flood Governance: changing approaches in Dutch Flood Policy

Flooding of urban areas can have disastrous effects, both for people and infrastructure. Cities that are vulnerable to flooding continuously search for ways to reduce flood risks. During last decades of raising awareness about climate change, thinking about dealing with flood risks changed considerably, not in the last place in the low lands of the Netherlands. The conceptual turnover, change of paradigm or transition, suits in a broader development towards integrated, interactive and adaptive water management. The change in perspectives on urban flood management is the central theme of this p... Mehr ...