WP5-Establishing the risk governance framework

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WP Leader: TUD (Thom Bogaard, Erik Mostert) and  TUDO (Stefan Greiving)

Risk governance includes the totality of actors, rules, conventions, processes and mechanisms concerned with how relevant risk information is collected, analysed and communicated and management decisions are taken. Risk governance strategies differ greatly between the various regions and countries within Europe and with different hazards. This is contrast with the European harmonisation in legislation. Although risk governance is applied widely its effectiveness, has not been critically reviewed whereas lessons learnt from past projects indicate a clear need for this, especially communication. In view of the given differences between cultures and socio-economic settings in addition to individual factors, good risk governance should focus on common procedural requirements for different phases of risk governance. The legitimacy of risk reduction measures is also based on successful risk governance. It needs to take into account the state-of-the-art of both the Quantitative Risk Assessment and the relevant aspects of risk perception, institutional settings, history and constraints. This could give insight in why hydro-geomorphologic events are often undervalued by the authorities and the general public largely due to their lack of awareness. The changes in hazard (WP1), exposed elements at risk (WP2) and risk scenarios (WP3) as a result of on-going and future environmental changes, pose a large challenge to organisations involved in risk management. Part of this Work Package is an analysis of the risk governance strategies in the four countries involved (France, Italy, Poland, Romania) in its European context. The methods for hazard and risk assessment developed in earlier WPs are communicated with local stakeholders/end-users and the affected individuals and communities. Scenarios for risk reduction will be agreed on by mutual dialogue between researchers and all stakeholders. The effectiveness of risk communication strategies will be analysed, and suitable training materials will be developed for different stakeholders.

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Charriere, M.K.M., Junier, S.J., Mostert, E., Bogaard, T.A. (2012) Flood risk communication - Visualization tools and evaluations of effectiveness. FLOODrisk 2012, 20-22 November, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Oral Presentation
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ESR12, TUD, Conference presentation, WP5, 2012-01-24
 

Sprague, T. and Greiving, S. (2012). Flood Risk Management Strategies:A comparative analysis of different EU countries. FLOODrisk 2012, November 20-22, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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ESR11, , Conference presentation, WP4, WP5, 2012-01-27
 

Fleischhauer, M./ Greiving, s./ Flex, F./ Scheibel, M./ Stickler, T./Sereinig, N./Koboltschnig, g./Malvati, P./ Vitale, v./Grifoni, P./Firus, K. (2012): Improving the active involvement of stakeholders and the public in flood risk management – tools of an involvement strategy and case study results from Austria, Germany and Italy. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 2785–2798, 201
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TUDO, ISI Publications, WP5, 2012-10-23
 

Greiving, S., Pratzler-Wanczura, S., Sapountzaki, K., Ferri, F., Grifoni, P., Firus, K., and Xanthopoulos, G. (2012): Linking the actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle by "Agreement on Objectives" – a new output-oriented management approach, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 1085-1107, doi:10.5194/nhess-12-1085-2012
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TUDO, ISI Publications, WP4, WP5, 2012-10-23
 

Greiving, S./Fleischhauer, M. (2012): National climate change adaptation strategies of European states from a spatial planning and development perspective. In: European Planning Studies Vol. 20 No. 1, January 2012, pp. 27-47.
TUDO, ISI Publications, WP4, WP5, 2012-10-23
 

Sapountzaki, K./Wanczura, S./Casertano, G./Greiving, S./Xanthopoulos, G./Ferrara, F. (2011): Disconnected policies and actors and the missing role of spatial planning throughout the risk management cycle. In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. DOI 10.1007/s11069-011-9843-3, pp-1-30.
TUDO, ISI Publications, WP4, WP5, 2012-10-23
 

Charrière, M., Bogaard, T., Mostert, E. (2013) Disaster managers' perception of effective visual risk communication for general public. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geo-Information for Disaster Management, 13-14 December 2012, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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ESR12, TUD, Conference presentation, WP5, 2012-10-29
 

Lilliestam, J., Battaglini, A., Finlay, C., Fürstenwerth, D., Patt, A., Schellekens, G., Schmidt, P. (2012) An alternative to a global climate deal may be unfolding before our eyes. Climate and Development 4 (1) , pp. 1-4
IIASA, ISI Publications, WP4, WP5, 2012-10-31
 

Sharma, U., Scolobig, A., Patt, A. (2012) The effects of decentralization on the production and use of risk assessment: Insights from landslide management in India and Italy. Natural Hazards 64 (2) , pp. 1357-1371
IIASA, ISI Publications, WP4, WP5, 2012-10-31
 

Hanger, S., Pfenninger, S., Dreyfus, M., Patt, A. (2012) Knowledge and information needs of adaptation policy-makers: a European study. Regional Environmental Change , pp. 1-11
IIASA, ISI Publications, WP4, WP5, 2012-10-31