Print Email Facebook Twitter Identification of stakeholder perspectives on future flood management in the Rhine basin using Q methodology Title Identification of stakeholder perspectives on future flood management in the Rhine basin using Q methodology Author Raadgever, G.T. Mostert, E. Van de Giesen, N.C. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Date 2008-12-08 Abstract OA fund TU Delft This article identifies different stakeholder perspectives on future flood management in the downstream parts of the Rhine basin in Germany and The Netherlands. The perspectives were identified using Q methodology, which proved to be a good, but time-intensive, method for eliciting and analyzing stakeholder perspectives in a structured and unbiased way. Three shared perspectives were found: A) "Anticipation and institutions", B) "Space for flooding" and C) "Knowledge and engineering". These three perspectives share a central concern for the provision of safety against flooding, but disagree on the expected autonomous developments and the preferred measures. In perspective A, the expected climate change and economic growth call for fast action. To deal with the increasing flood risk, mostly institutional measures are proposed, such as the development of a stronger basin commission. In perspective B, an increasing spatial pressure on the river area is expected, and the proposed measures are focused on mitigating damage, e.g., through controlled flooding and compartmentalization. In perspective C, the role of expert knowledge and technological improvements is emphasized. Preferred strategies include strengthening the dikes and differentiation of safety standards. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:93a0081a-4ff5-4b7d-8eec-e4d3691883c7 Publisher Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Source Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 1097-1109, 2008 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © Author(s) 2008. This work is distributed Files PDF hess-12-1097-2008.pdf 568.38 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:93a0081a-4ff5-4b7d-8eec-e4d3691883c7/datastream/OBJ/view