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- Title
Integrating stakeholder and scientific knowledge of future flood risk to inform climate change adaptation planning in a coastal region.
- Authors
Pasquier, Ulysse; Few, Roger; Goulden, Marisa; Hooton, Simon; He, Yi; Hiscock, Kevin
- Abstract
Climate change poses a particular challenge for decision-makers due to the significantuncertainties that exist over its timing and magnitude. The potential impacts of this change,such as the increasing probability of flooding, are likely to threaten valuable human andnatural systems. Scientific information, for instance derived from hydraulic models, hastraditionally informed planners to help develop appropriate management strategies. There hashowever been growing concerns over the gap between science and policy on climateadaptation. The rising scrutiny over science’s ability to match expectation of policy actors inthis field has pushed for a paradigm shift towards more collaborative approaches. Whileparticipation on environmental issues has gained much popularity, few studies have looked athow to integrate scientific and stakeholder knowledge on flood risk in complex andvulnerable coastal regions. Looking at the Broads, the United Kingdom’s largestprotected wetland located on the eastern coast of England, this study combineddifferent knowledge domains to assess flood risk in the area and consider potentialadaptation measures. A hydraulic model was developed for the purpose of thisproject during an iterative participatory process based on stakeholder interviews andculminating in a collaborative workshop. This research’s findings highlight thepotential of this approach to not only create an interface for science and policy,but also to represent varied cross-sectoral interests and perceptions. Interactionsbetween scientists and stakeholders led to a shared understanding and produced newknowledge on key processes dictating risk. Also discussed are the constraints that suchparticipatory methods face as a result of limited resources as well as due to stakeholderrepresentation. The implications of adopting an inclusive and transparent stancewhen carrying out hydraulic modelling are addressed, providing insight on ways toproduce more usable knowledge and therefore help drive action on adaptation.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; FLOOD risk; CLIMATE change; HYDRAULIC models; SCIENTISTS; SCIENTIFIC community; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation
- Publication
Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2019, Vol 21, p1
- ISSN
1029-7006
- Publication type
Article