Nature-based solutions in flood risk management: Unlocking spatial, functional and policy perceptions amongst practitioners in South-West England

Keech, D, Clarke, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-3839 and Short, C, 2023. Nature-based solutions in flood risk management: Unlocking spatial, functional and policy perceptions amongst practitioners in South-West England. Nature-Based Solutions, 4: 100096. ISSN 2772-4115

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Abstract

Nature-based solutions (NBS) to flood risk management include natural flood management (NFM) and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). Still relatively untested in practice, their applications have been separated functionally and spatially. In this article, it is suggested that the emerging approach of managing flood risk holistically over whole catchments is hampered by the persistence of such binaries. Structural, organisational and policy contexts that entrench these divisions are explored through the experiences of flood risk practitioners working in south-west England. Interviews with 11 practitioners working in different aspects of flood risk management within the English Severn and Wye region are analysed. The key findings are grouped into two broad categories: (1) impediments faced by practitioners in implementing NBS, including different spatial NBS understandings, implementation and planning challenges and, monitoring and maintaining NBS; (2) the need for effective NBS governance focused around policy links and community involvement and incentivisation. The analysis draws out three formats of network governance in support of the expansion of cross-sectoral arrangements to plan, implement and monitor NBS flood interventions across extended river catchments in the longer term: regional administration, local lead flood organisation and participant-governed. The focus on the UK, rooted in national contexts, applies conceptually to flood risk governance scenarios in other countries.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Nature-Based Solutions
Creators:	Keech, D., Clarke, L. and Short, C.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	December 2023
Volume:	4
ISSN:	2772-4115
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.nbsj.2023.100096 DOI S2772411523000484 Publisher Item Identifier 1827777 Other
Rights:	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	01 Nov 2023 17:01
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2023 17:01
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50212

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