Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Heidi Kreibich, Sergiy Vorogushyn, Jeroen Aerts, Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Marlies Barendrecht, Paul Bates, Marco Borga, Wouter Botzen, Philip Bubeck, Bruna De Marchi, Carmen Maria Llasat, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Daniela Molinari, Elena Mondino, Johanna Mard, Olga Petrucci, Anna Scolobig, Alberto Viglione, Philip J. Ward
- One common approach to cope with floods is the implementation of structural flood protection measures, such as levees or flood-control reservoirs, which substantially reduce the probability of flooding at the time of implementation. Numerous scholars have problematized this approach. They have shown that increasing the levels of flood protection can attract more settlements and high-value assets in the areas protected by the new measures. Other studies have explored how structural measures can generate a sense of complacency, which can act to reduce preparedness. These paradoxical risk changes have been described as "levee effect", "safe development paradox" or "safety dilemma". In this commentary, we briefly review this phenomenon by critically analysing the intended benefits and unintended effects of structural flood protection, and then we propose an interdisciplinary research agenda to uncover these paradoxical dynamics of risk.
MetadatenAuthor details: | Giuliano Di BaldassarreORCiD, Heidi KreibichORCiDGND, Sergiy VorogushynORCiDGND, Jeroen Aerts, Karsten Arnbjerg-NielsenORCiD, Marlies BarendrechtORCiD, Paul BatesORCiD, Marco BorgaORCiD, Wouter Botzen, Philip BubeckORCiDGND, Bruna De Marchi, Carmen Maria LlasatORCiD, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Daniela Molinari, Elena MondinoORCiD, Johanna MardORCiD, Olga PetrucciORCiD, Anna Scolobig, Alberto ViglioneORCiD, Philip J. Ward |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5629-2018 |
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ISSN: | 1027-5606 |
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ISSN: | 1607-7938 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Hydrology and earth system sciences : HESS |
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Publisher: | Copernicus |
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Place of publishing: | Göttingen |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2018/10/30 |
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Publication year: | 2018 |
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Release date: | 2021/07/20 |
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Volume: | 22 |
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Issue: | 11 |
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Number of pages: | 9 |
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First page: | 5629 |
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Last Page: | 5637 |
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Funding institution: | European Research Council (ERC)European Research Council (ERC) [761678]; Innovation Fund Denmark through the Water Smart Cities Project [5157-0009B]; Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit AwardRoyal Society of London; Leverhulme Research FellowshipLeverhulme Trust; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) [016.161.324, 45214005] |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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