Adaptive co-management and network learning in the Room for the River programme |
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| Authors: | Sebastiaan van Herk Jeroen Rijke Chris Zevenbergen Richard Ashley Broos Besseling |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft 2628 CN, The Netherlands;2. Bax &3. Willems Consulting Venturing, Roger de Lluria 120, Barcelona 08037, Spain;4. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, PO Box 3015 DA Delft, The Netherlands;5. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, PO Box 3015 DA Delft, The Netherlands;6. Bax &7. University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Adaptive co-management and learning are paramount for integrated flood risk management. Relevant literature focuses on adaptation at the level of physical and societal systems. The level of projects and programmes is largely overlooked, but they comprise interventions that adapt our physical systems and they provide opportunities for learning to contribute to transitions of societal systems. This paper aims to increase understanding on how learning takes place and can be stimulated within a programme. The mixed-method case study of Room for the River, a €2.3 billion programme for flood risk management, shows that a programme can be organised using various governance arrangements to stimulate learning and be a means for adaptive co-management to deliver upon environmental objectives. |
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| Keywords: | adaptive co-management flood risk management network learning outcomes governance arrangements transition |
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