Innovation in coastal risk management: an exploratory analysis of risk governance issues at eight THESEUS study sites

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Penning-Rowsell, E., De Vries, W., Parker, D., Zanuttigh, B., Simmonds, D., Trifonova, E., Hissel, F., Monbaliu, J., Lendzion, J., Ohle, N., Diaz, P. and Bouma, T. 2014. Innovation in coastal risk management: an exploratory analysis of risk governance issues at eight THESEUS study sites. Coastal Engineering. 87, pp. 210-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.12.005
TypeArticle
TitleInnovation in coastal risk management: an exploratory analysis of risk governance issues at eight THESEUS study sites
AuthorsPenning-Rowsell, E., De Vries, W., Parker, D., Zanuttigh, B., Simmonds, D., Trifonova, E., Hissel, F., Monbaliu, J., Lendzion, J., Ohle, N., Diaz, P. and Bouma, T.
Abstract

The nature of coastal risk management is changing, away from an engineering-dominated approach seeking to defend against the sea, to one where risks are managed using a portfolio of measures usually incorporating an acceptance of a finite standards of protection. Inherent in the modern approach is the use of new techniques and approaches, and the process of innovation is important to their adoption across Europe. This paper is based on the hypothesis that governance issues can constrain that process of innovation or enhance it, and that the focus of these governance issues concerns institutional arrangements, legal capabilities, funding regimes and stakeholder engagement. Over a period of three years, two questionnaire surveys have been undertaken of the ‘Stakeholders’ and the ‘Site Champions’ involved in THESEUS research sites, including in-depth interviews, seeking information on these matters across the wide range of circumstances in these different geographical locations. Our tentative conclusion is that technical issues concerned with risk assessment and risk reduction choices are not central to the process of innovation with regard to the practice of risk management, but that institutional culture, traditions and capabilities are of greater significance. This resonates with the literature on governance and innovation,which stresses the importance of the social context in which governance arrangements can be improved and in which innovation flourishes.

Research GroupFlood Hazard Research Centre
PublisherElsevier
JournalCoastal Engineering
ISSN0378-3839
Publication dates
PrintMay 2014
Publication process dates
Deposited22 May 2015
Accepted06 Dec 2013
Output statusPublished
Additional information

Available online 25 January 2014

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.12.005
LanguageEnglish
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