Fit-for-purpose governance: A framework to make adaptive governance operational

J Rijke, R Brown, C Zevenbergen, R Ashley… - … Science & Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Natural disasters, extreme weather events, economic crises, political change and long term
change, such as climate change and demographic change, are in many places forcing a re …

Adaptive flood risk management under climate change uncertainty using real options and optimization

M Woodward, Z Kapelan, B Gouldby - Risk Analysis, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is well recognized that adaptive and flexible flood risk strategies are required to account for
future uncertainties. Development of such strategies is, however, a challenge. Climate …

Real options analysis for urban flood mitigation under environmental change

K Xu, Y Zhuang, X Yan, L Bin, R Shen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
As urban flooding becomes more frequent and severe due to climate change and
accelerated urbanization, effective urban flood control measures are needed to mitigate …

Multi-objective optimization of water distribution systems based on a real options approach

J Marques, M Cunha, DA Savić - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper describes a multi-objective optimization model including Real Options concepts
for the design and operation of water distribution networks. This approach is explained …

R eal O ptions in flood risk management decision making

M Woodward, B Gouldby, Z Kapelan… - Journal of Flood Risk …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Effective flood risk management involves the quantification of flood risk and the
implementation of cost‐effective, sustainable, and environmentally and socially acceptable …

Stringent mitigation substantially reduces risk of unprecedented near-term warming rates

CM McKenna, AC Maycock, PM Forster… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Following the Paris Agreement, many countries are enacting targets to achieve net-
zero GHG emissions. Stringent mitigation will have clear societal benefits in the second half …

Understanding the transition to integrated flood risk management in the Netherlands

S van Herk, J Rijke, C Zevenbergen… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2015 - Elsevier
The multi-pattern approach (MPA) is a new method that has been applied to understand the
transition to integrated flood risk management (IFRM) in the Netherlands. This paper …

Flood resilience

C Zevenbergen, B Gersonius… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Three different conceptual frameworks of resilience, including engineering, ecological and
social–ecological have been presented and framed within the context of flood risk …

Real options analysis of adaptation to changing flood risk: Structural and nonstructural measures

M Hino, JW Hall - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Real options analysis provides a means of appraising the benefits of introducing or
preserving flexibility in flood risk-management decisions. Building in optionality can help to …

Taming global flood disasters. Lessons learned from Dutch experience

C Zevenbergen, S van Herk, J Rijke, P Kabat… - Natural hazards, 2013 - Springer
There is a growing international recognition that flood risk management in optima forma
should be a programmed and flexible process of continuously improving management …