Innovation in coastal risk management: An exploratory analysis of risk governance issues at eight THESEUS study sites |
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| Institution: | 1. Middlesex University, Flood Hazard Research Centre, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, United Kingdom;2. Infram, PO Box 16, 8316 ZG Marknesse, The Netherlands;3. University of Bologna, Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Materials Eng., Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy;4. University of Plymouth, Coastal Engineering Research Group, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom;5. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, 1, 15 Noemvri Str., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria;6. Centre d''Etudes Techniques Maritimes et Fluviales, 2, Boulevard Gambetta, BP 60039, 60321 Compiegne, Cedex, France;7. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Depart. Burgerlijke Bouwkunde, Laboratorium voor Hydraulica, Oude Markt 13, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;8. Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Ul. Podlesna 61, 01-673 Warszawa, Poland;9. Hamburg Port Authority, Neuer Wandrahm 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany;10. University of Cantabria, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Avda. de las Castros, s/n 39005 Santander, Spain;11. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NIOZ Yerseke, Department of Spatial Ecology, P.O. Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands;1. Environmental Hydraulics Institute “IH Cantabria”, Universidad de Cantabria, C/Isabel Torres 15, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain;2. HR Wallingford Ltd., Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA, UK;3. IFREMER, Technopolis, 40-155 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 92138 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
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| Abstract: | The nature of coastal risk management is changing, away from an engineering-dominated approach seeking to defend against the sea, to one where risks are managed using a portfolio of measures usually incorporating an acceptance of a finite standards of protection. Inherent in the modern approach is the use of new techniques and approaches, and the process of innovation is important to their adoption across Europe. This paper is based on the hypothesis that governance issues can constrain that process of innovation or enhance it, and that the focus of these governance issues concerns institutional arrangements, legal capabilities, funding regimes and stakeholder engagement. Over a period of three years, two questionnaire surveys have been undertaken of the ‘Stakeholders’ and the ‘Site Champions’ involved in THESEUS research sites, including in-depth interviews, seeking information on these matters across the wide range of circumstances in these different geographical locations. Our tentative conclusion is that technical issues concerned with risk assessment and risk reduction choices are not central to the process of innovation with regard to the practice of risk management, but that institutional culture, traditions and capabilities are of greater significance. This resonates with the literature on governance and innovation, which stresses the importance of the social context in which governance arrangements can be improved and in which innovation flourishes. |
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