The role of public participation in encouraging changes in rural land use to reduce flood risk

Discourse and practice of participatory flood risk management in Belfast, UK

“…management processes (Few et al, 2007;Reed, 2008). Active public participation has resulted in: effective implementation of flood risk plans; increased preparedness and resilience; increased trust in government agencies; strengthened legitimacy and accountability; and enhanced decision-making (Power, 1997;Stern and Fineberg, 1996;Hood et al, 2001;O'Sullivan et al, 2012;Yamada, 2011;Rouillard et al, 2014). Actively engaging the public in flood risk management can aid decision-making by encouraging a sense of shared ownership of management processes, resultant plans and future flood issues (Marttunen and Hämäläinen, 2008).…”

Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance

“…Institutionalisation failure needs to be separated from the failure of institutional innovation -the crafting or designing of new institutions (Ison 2014 ) that are more fi t for purpose, e.g. there is considerable research pointing to the value of voluntary organisations such as the Tweed Forum (on the English-Scottish border) aiding more systemic water governance (Collins et al 2007 ;Cook et al 2013 ;Rouillard et al 2014 (Blackmore 2007 ; exemplify what is at issue. In a 3-year study in six major catchments in the water-stressed north-east of South Africa, they examined factors constraining or enabling implementation of adaptive water management.…”

Assessment of land cover relocation incorporating the effects of human activity in typical urban and rural catchments for the design of management policies

“…Forest regions previously considered to be wasteland have been developed into productive farms. As agricultural practices have developed, the increasing population has become concentrated largely in cities and mega-cities during the last three decades (Lu and Campbell, 2009;Lo and Yeung, 1996;Mouri and Oki, 2010;Mouri et al, 2013b;Nastar, 2014;Rouillard et al, 2014;Sankaran et al, 2014). The shift from rice fields to urban land-uses requires landform transformation using landfill to protect against floods.…”