Bruin, Mathieu de (2020) Exploring the influence of Urban Climate Adaptation on Dutch Pluvial Flood Risk Management via stakeholder perception of responsibilities: An exploratory case study. Master thesis.
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Abstract
Flooding due to rainfall has increased in the Netherlands, both in frequency and intensity. It is a source of rising costs in urban areas, as well as innovations shaping the future of Dutch Pluvial Flood Risk Management (P-FRM). Urban Climate Adaptation (UCA) has been cited as a notable strategy to bring innovations to the advancement of climate change practice, particularly through new and potentially transformative growth. Previous studies support the rising status and nature of UCA; however, its impacts remain nebulous. Moreover, the degree of impact UCA has potentially had on Dutch P-FRM at this point has yet to be thoroughly examined. Prominent shifts promoted by UCA are innovation arising from bottom-up action, and through these ventures, the transfer of responsibilities in P-FRM from stakeholder groups who have historically yielded greater control, to those who are currently rising. Stakeholder groups included in this research include State, Market, Academia, and a MixedProfession group consisting of professionals who engage in two or more fields of work concurrently. This thesis provides an exploratory analysis of stakeholder perceptions of UCA and P-FRM in the Netherlands, including their responsibilities and subjective evaluations of who should be responsible for what. Specifically, which stakeholders should be responsible for what roles in Dutch P-FRM. Results showed a high rate of respondents suggesting that, while change is observable via acknowledgement and indirect communication between stakeholder groups, it is not occurring in a manner or fashion deemed transformative, but incremental by their own self-reporting. The key principle finding was the established lines of communication, some of which exist between stakeholder groups that are new and previously understudied, which detail specific stakeholder relationships, either strong or weak in nature.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Trell-Zuidema, E.M. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2020 10:19 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2020 10:19 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3396 |
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