Land use planning and management for flood risk management

B. Dyca*, T. Hartmann*, B.B.D. Tempels*

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Abstract

his chapter is an exploration of the reasons people settle in areas exposed to flood and therefore how land use planning and management can help alleviate flood risk in urban areas. Regarding the former, the chapter analyses the complex socio-economic and political dynamics within flood-prone areas. To this end, it focuses on the vicious cycle of the ‘control paradox’, a false sense of security resulting from overreliance on flood defence, and its role in maintaining flood risk in society. Land use planning and management can break this cycle through a number of strategies that support a shift in flood risk management discourse towards planning and making more room for water. Finally, the authors argue that there is scope for new research on the role that land value capture instruments can play in mainstreaming the implementation of blue and green infrastructure in urban areas in an efficient, legitimate and socially just way.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch handbook on flood risk management
EditorsJ. Lamond, D. Proverbs, N. Bhattacharya Mis
PublisherEdward Elgar
Chapter6
Pages71-85
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781839102981
ISBN (Print)9781839102974
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Apr 2024

Publication series

NameGeography, Planning and Tourism 2024

Keywords

  • Urban planning
  • Integrated flood risk management
  • Property rights
  • Adaptive bayesian classification

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