Emerging citizen contributions, roles and interactions with public authorities in Dutch pluvial flood risk management

This paper focuses on the emerging role of citizens and their increasing contributions to local pluvial flood risk management (FRM) in the Netherlands. A qualitative research approach is followed with semi-structured interviews, and analysis of policy documents and media reports. A typology of physical resources and actions, knowledge, and advocacy activities shows evidence of locally-focused citizen contributions to pluvial FRM in the Dutch city of Arnhem. The paper reveals that this emerging citizen role in FRM is being shaped by traditional authority-led interactions, creative and dialogica... Mehr ...