Open AccessA review of the flood risk management governance and resilience literature
Author(s) -
Morrison A.,
Westbrook C.J.,
Noble B.F.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of flood risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.049
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1753-318X
DOI - 10.1111/jfr3.12315
Subject(s) - flood myth , resilience (materials science) , corporate governance , scope (computer science) , risk governance , flood risk management , vulnerability (computing) , variety (cybernetics) , environmental resource management , community resilience , flooding (psychology) , risk management , political science , environmental planning , sociology , business , geography , computer science , psychology , environmental science , resource (disambiguation) , physics , archaeology , finance , thermodynamics , computer network , computer security , artificial intelligence , psychotherapist , programming language
The environmental management literature suggests that resilience is key to managing complex systems and reducing vulnerability resulting from uncertainty and unexpected change. Yet, flood risk management (FRM) has emerged largely from a culture of resistance. This paper takes the pulse of the current state of FRM research, with a focus on how the scholarly community has approached governance for flood resilience. Our analysis of the FRM journal literature identified 258 articles addressing governance and flooding, resilience and adaptation. Five main research themes emerged from these articles, addressing a variety of issues, but mostly lacking the degree of integration needed to address the social‐ecological complexity of FRM. Overall, research supporting the governance of FRM for resilience lacks integration, and methods of mitigating this lack of integration are poorly studied. We conclude with a discussion about the nature and scope of FRM research for resilience, and identify opportunities for more integrative FRM research that is more tightly coupled with policy and practice.