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The risk of ill‐informed reform: The future for English flood risk management
Author(s) -
Alexander Meghan,
Priest Sally,
PenningRowsell Edmund C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12393
Subject(s) - flood risk management , flood myth , corporate governance , risk management , risk governance , political science , public administration , environmental planning , business , geography , finance , archaeology
Flood risk in the UK is recognised by many as a major 21st‐century challenge. However, flood risk management has become widely contested, with the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee recently calling for major governance reform. Engaging this debate, this commentary evaluates the extent to which such reform is necessary or wise when it appears that it may ironically, albeit inadvertently, exacerbate key criticisms of the current system.