Flood resilience: a co-evolutionary approach : residents, spatial developments and flood risk management in the Dender Basin

Tempels, Barbara

Flood resilience: a co-evolutionary approach : residents, spatial developments and flood risk management in the Dender Basin

Barbara Tempels UGent (2016) In PhD Series InPlanning

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abstract: What is flood resilience? At first sight, flooding presents itself as a physical issue. This could lead one to think that solutions are to be found in the physical realm – from robust, large-scale solutions (such as dikes, weirs) to flexible, small-scale ones (such as floodgates, flood proofing, floating homes). The cover picture, however, shows that there is more to the story. While caravans could be considered physically resilient, as they can accommodate changing conditions, their efficiency depends on the social structures that support them – they simply need to be moved. Resilience is thus not merely about infrastructure. It is also about people, and how people use infrastructures. Flood resilience, therefore, is not only to be sought in the technical, but also in the social realm. Therefore, this dissertation has been an endeavor to understand the role of different actors in managing flood risks. It analyzes which actors directly and indirectly contribute to the spatial development of flood risks. It then looks at how these different actors relate to and interact with each other to produce flood resilience. As such, it develops a framework that provides a broad perspective on how flood risks develop through time and place and explores what the role of spatial planners could be in bringing these different parties together.

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8506937

author

Barbara Tempels UGent

promoter

Luuk Boelens UGent and Kobe Boussauw UGent

organization

Department of Civil engineering

alternative title

Veerkracht tegen overstromingen: een co-evolutionaire benadering : bewoners, ruimtelijke ontwikkelingen en overstromingsbeheer in het Denderbekken

year

2016

type

dissertation

publication status

published

subject

keyword

resilience, flooding, Dender, flood risk management, flood-prone areas

series title

PhD Series InPlanning

pages

212 pages

publisher

Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture ; InPlanning

place of publication

Ghent, Belgium ; Groningen, The Netherlands

defense location

Gent : Het Pand (zaal rector Blancquaert)

defense date

2016-12-05 16:00

ISBN

9789085789505

DOI

10.17418/PHD.2016.9789085789505

language

English

UGent publication?

yes

classification

copyright statement

I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher

id

8506937

handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8506937

date created

2017-02-02 10:58:10

date last changed

2017-02-02 11:32:50

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Therefore, this dissertation has been an endeavor to understand the role of different actors in managing flood risks. It analyzes which actors directly and indirectly contribute to the spatial development of flood risks. It then looks at how these different actors relate to and interact with each other to produce flood resilience. As such, it develops a framework that provides a broad perspective on how flood risks develop through time and place and explores what the role of spatial planners could be in bringing these different parties together.},
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Chicago: Tempels, Barbara. 2016. “Flood Resilience: a Co-evolutionary Approach : Residents, Spatial Developments and Flood Risk Management in the Dender Basin”. Ghent, Belgium ; Groningen, The Netherlands: Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture ; InPlanning.
APA: Tempels, B. (2016). Flood resilience: a co-evolutionary approach : residents, spatial developments and flood risk management in the Dender Basin. Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture ; InPlanning, Ghent, Belgium ; Groningen, The Netherlands.
Vancouver: 1.
Tempels B. Flood resilience: a co-evolutionary approach : residents, spatial developments and flood risk management in the Dender Basin. [Ghent, Belgium ; Groningen, The Netherlands]: Ghent University. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture ; InPlanning; 2016.
MLA: Tempels, Barbara. “Flood Resilience: a Co-evolutionary Approach : Residents, Spatial Developments and Flood Risk Management in the Dender Basin.” 2016 : n. pag. Print.