Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management
Abstract Flood risks worldwide are increasing due to climate change. Managing these risks is ever more necessary. Although flood risk management (FRM) is often understood as a technical challenge, it also involves decisions about the distribution of resources and risks in floods, which can be inhere...
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| description | Abstract Flood risks worldwide are increasing due to climate change. Managing these risks is ever more necessary. Although flood risk management (FRM) is often understood as a technical challenge, it also involves decisions about the distribution of resources and risks in floods, which can be inherently unfair. People are disparately affected by floods due to their location. Because of their various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, they also differ in their capacity to deal with floods. These differences need to be recognised in FRM to prevent disproportionate impacts on vulnerable communities. However, at present, a knowledge gap exists on how to make FRM more inclusive and just, and discussions on recognition justice in the context of FRM are scarce. This article therefore examines recognition of differences in the capacity of people to deal with floods in FRM in England (United Kingdom), Finland, Flanders (Belgium) and France. We analyse if, and how, these differences are recognised in FRM policy and practice and through decision‐making procedures, drawing on examples from the implementation of five FRM strategies in each country (flood risk prevention, flood defence, flood risk mitigation, flood preparation and flood recovery). Furthermore, we aim to highlight opportunity spaces to strengthen recognition justice in future FRM. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-456ed79507a54d5e86e23659c12c820f2025-08-20T02:54:01ZengWileyJournal of Flood Risk Management1753-318X2025-03-01181n/an/a10.1111/jfr3.12965Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk managementMandy Paauw0Glen Smith1Ann Crabbé2Marie Fournier3Johan Munck af Rosenschöld4Sally Priest5Aino Rekola6Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change (CRESC), Department of Sociology University of Antwerp Antwerpen BelgiumFlood Hazard Research Center (FHRC) Middlesex University London UKCentre for Research on Environmental and Social Change (CRESC), Department of Sociology University of Antwerp Antwerpen BelgiumÉcole Supérieure des Géomètres et Topographes Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) Le Mans FranceClimate Solutions Unit Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Helsinki FinlandFlood Hazard Research Center (FHRC) Middlesex University London UKSocietal Change Unit Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Helsinki FinlandAbstract Flood risks worldwide are increasing due to climate change. Managing these risks is ever more necessary. Although flood risk management (FRM) is often understood as a technical challenge, it also involves decisions about the distribution of resources and risks in floods, which can be inherently unfair. People are disparately affected by floods due to their location. Because of their various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, they also differ in their capacity to deal with floods. These differences need to be recognised in FRM to prevent disproportionate impacts on vulnerable communities. However, at present, a knowledge gap exists on how to make FRM more inclusive and just, and discussions on recognition justice in the context of FRM are scarce. This article therefore examines recognition of differences in the capacity of people to deal with floods in FRM in England (United Kingdom), Finland, Flanders (Belgium) and France. We analyse if, and how, these differences are recognised in FRM policy and practice and through decision‐making procedures, drawing on examples from the implementation of five FRM strategies in each country (flood risk prevention, flood defence, flood risk mitigation, flood preparation and flood recovery). Furthermore, we aim to highlight opportunity spaces to strengthen recognition justice in future FRM.https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12965climate change adaptationenvironmental justicefloodsflood risk management(in)equalityrecognition justice |
| spellingShingle | Mandy Paauw Glen Smith Ann Crabbé Marie Fournier Johan Munck af Rosenschöld Sally Priest Aino Rekola Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management Journal of Flood Risk Management climate change adaptation environmental justice floods flood risk management (in)equality recognition justice |
| title | Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management |
| title_full | Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management |
| title_fullStr | Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management |
| title_short | Recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods—A cross‐country comparison of flood risk management |
| title_sort | recognition of differences in the capacity to deal with floods a cross country comparison of flood risk management |
| topic | climate change adaptation environmental justice floods flood risk management (in)equality recognition justice |
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