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Climate governance at the fringes : Peri-urban flooding drivers and responses

Winter, Amanda and Karvonen, Andrew LU (2022) In Land Use Policy 117.
Abstract
There is a large body of scientific evidence on the climate crisis and flooding in urban areas. Extreme weather events are producing extensive property damage and loss of life and require new modes of flood governance. However, the climate crisis does not stop at the city limits: peri-urban areas have related but distinct flood challenges due to land use change, regulation, perceptions, and capacity to develop collective responses. The aim of the literature review is to synthesize peri-urban flood governance drivers and responses with a particular emphasis on empirical findings from the past decade. The literature review draws on findings from 26 empirical case studies with respect to how and where research is conducted on peri-urban flood... (More)
There is a large body of scientific evidence on the climate crisis and flooding in urban areas. Extreme weather events are producing extensive property damage and loss of life and require new modes of flood governance. However, the climate crisis does not stop at the city limits: peri-urban areas have related but distinct flood challenges due to land use change, regulation, perceptions, and capacity to develop collective responses. The aim of the literature review is to synthesize peri-urban flood governance drivers and responses with a particular emphasis on empirical findings from the past decade. The literature review draws on findings from 26 empirical case studies with respect to how and where research is conducted on peri-urban flood governance, the drivers of peri-urban flooding, and the responses by peri-urban stakeholders to address flood risks. A common governance approach involves autonomous adaptation that results in maladaptation – both of which are critiqued as inadequate to address flood risks. The findings reveal a host of specific peri-urban challenges in addressing flooding but also point towards opportunities for new modes of adaptive governance. The article concludes by reflecting on the promise of developing an adaptive governance approach to peri-urban flooding to acknowledge the social and ecological complexities of climate change while opening up possibilities for emergent modes and innovative approaches of collaborative problem-solving. (Less)
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Flood governance, adaptive governance, land use change, peri-urban, climate adaptation
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Land Use Policy
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117
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106124
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:85127343359
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0264-8377
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10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106124
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English
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  author       = {{Winter, Amanda and Karvonen, Andrew}},
  issn         = {{0264-8377}},
  keywords     = {{Flood governance; adaptive governance; land use change; peri-urban; climate adaptation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Land Use Policy}},
  title        = {{Climate governance at the fringes : Peri-urban flooding drivers and responses}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106124}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106124}},
  volume       = {{117}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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