Combining safety and nature: A multi-stakeholder perspective on integrated floodplain management

Fliervoet, Jan M.; Born, R.J.G. van den; Smits, A.J.M.; Knippenberg, L.W.J.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.023

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“…The overall aim is to increase multifunctionality, with flood protection and increasing biodiversity being among the most important functions (Fliervoet et al 2013), another important function is tourism. In the same period, water quality improved significantly due to the raising of environmental standards and international cooperation such as the International Rhine Committee.…”

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“…The mixed centralized-decentralized approach in the Netherlands has been effective though in realizing many water safety projects through the stakeholders involved, partly funded through industries. However, it was less effective in the used governance model, and stakeholders views and public support have been questioned (Fliervoet et al 2013). In Hungary, projects aiming at rehabilitation of biodiversity by clearing invasive alien species have become frequent.…”

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Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

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Floodplain ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots and supply multiple ecosystem services. At the same time they are often prone to human pressures that increasingly impact their intactness. Multifunctional floodplain management can be defined as a management approach aimed at a balanced supply of multiple ecosystem services that serve the needs of Communicated by Barbara Livoreil. This is part of the special issue on Networking Biodiversity Knowledge. the local residents, but also those of off-site populations that are directly or indirectly impacted by floodplain management and policies. Multifunctional floodplain management has been recently proposed as a key concept to reconcile biodiversity and ecosystem services with the various human pressures and their driving forces. In this paper we present biophysics and management history of floodplains and review recent multifunctional management approaches and evidence for their biodiversity effects for the six European countries Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and the Ukraine. Multifunctional use of floodplains is an increasingly important strategy in some countries, for instance in the Netherlands and Hungary, and management of floodplains goes hand in hand with sustainable economic activities resulting in flood safety and biodiversity conservation. As a result, biodiversity is increasing in some of the areas where multifunctional floodplain management approaches are implemented. We conclude that for efficient use of management resources and ecosystem services, consensual solutions need to be realized and biodiversity needs to be mainstreamed into management activities to maximize ecosystem service provision and potential human benefits. Multifunctionality is more successful where a broad range of stakeholders with diverse expertise and interests are involved in all stages of planning and implementation. Electronic supplementary material

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“…The potential for floodplain management to actually be implemented then becomes dependent upon the appropriate legal interpretation of the formative processes of floodplain water-body construction. For this reason, a new form of management is being proposed for floodplain restoration in the Netherlands (floodplain stewardship council; Fliervoet et al 2013), which would replace the presently responsible parties including water boards and government institutes at national, provincial and municipal levels. Conversely, when the river-floodplain system is allowed to be morphologically active and changing, legislation should accommodate regulation of ownership and maintenance obligations of newly formed features, such as channel bars, secondary channels, and floodplain lakes.…”

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The Palimpsest of River-Floodplain Management and the Role of Geomorphology

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Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe

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Embanked floodplains are the status-quo where humans are a major component of the environment, especially across Europe and North America. Effective management of embanked rivers requires a comprehensive knowledge of past and present-day geomorphic processes, including sediment transport and channel and floodplain dynamics. Many approaches to management include activities and modifications which take into account past natural and human impacts and management decisions, resulting in a palimpsest of river and floodplain management. A synthesis of 12 diverse case studies provides evidence of the palimpsest in river-floodplain management, and illustrates four key roles for geomorphology in the design of effective management strategies, including (1) regional and longerterm context, (2) system evolution and past human impacts, (3) engineering design and management options, and (4), environmental and geomorphic restoration as an end-product. A review and comparison of heavily managed embanked rivers spanning a range of climatic and geomorphic provinces across North America and Europe illustrate the role of geomorphology in this palimpsest and its value to integrated management.

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“…However, this latter phase will occur in the context of declining state budgets and long-term collaborative processes that often exceed the usual standard government term of four years. Another challenging condition occurs as a result of fragmented maintenance activities and policies, and actor configuration that is changing towards the local scale (Fliervoet, van den Born, Smits, & Knippenberg, 2013). Reaching a common maintenance strategy is obstructed by narrow and conflicting policy objectives, especially those relating to flood protection and nature conservation goals (the so called nature-safety dilemma - Wiering & van de Bilt, 2006).…”

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“…Reaching a common maintenance strategy is obstructed by narrow and conflicting policy objectives, especially those relating to flood protection and nature conservation goals (the so called nature-safety dilemma - Wiering & van de Bilt, 2006). These challenges highlight the need for collaborative approaches in the maintenance phase, a requirement which is also acknowledged by stakeholders (Fliervoet et al, 2013).…”

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From implementation towards maintenance: sustaining collaborative initiatives for integrated floodplain management in the Netherlands

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Born

2016

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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Collaborative governance has been introduced in the planning and implementation phases of river management, but has not yet reached the maintenance phase. In anticipation of this, this article explores how stakeholders shape collaborative initiatives aimed at maintaining multifunctional floodplains by analyzing their framing of collaboration objectives and membership structures. The case study shows that participants envisioned a shared governance structure, while no consensus was attained on the underlying collaborative objectives. Moreover, the envisioned structure revealed a tendency towards separation instead of integration, because participants abandoned the idea of public-private collaboration, which had previously been adopted in the planning and implementation phases.

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Combining safety and nature: A multi-stakeholder perspective on integrated floodplain management

Cited by 38 publications

References 33 publications

Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

Multifunctional floodplain management and biodiversity effects: a knowledge synthesis for six European countries

The Palimpsest of River-Floodplain Management and the Role of Geomorphology

From implementation towards maintenance: sustaining collaborative initiatives for integrated floodplain management in the Netherlands

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