“We cannot let this happen again”: reversing UK flood policy in response to the Somerset Levels floods, 2014
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“We cannot let this happen again” : reversing UK flood policy in response to the Somerset Levels floods, 2014. / Smith, Alana; Porter, James J.; Upham, Paul.
In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 60, No. 2, 01.02.2017, p. 351-369.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - “We cannot let this happen again”
T2 - reversing UK flood policy in response to the Somerset Levels floods, 2014
AU - Smith, Alana
AU - Porter, James J.
AU - Upham, Paul
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - The Multiple Streams Framework offers a theoretical account of how policy proposals move from latent possibilities to becoming favored for implementation. We apply this framework in the context of the policy response to the 2013–2014 flooding of the Somerset Levels and Moors. Stakeholder interviews and analysis of news media coverage evidence the way in which a specific policy option that had fallen out of favor with the national Environment Agency – dredging – came to the fore and was eventually adopted during the period in which the conjunction of problem, policy, and political pressures came to a head. Local political activists mobilized a wider campaign with the help of social media and capitalized on national political sensitivities to successfully promote dredging. What is less clear is the longevity of the policy reversal, given funding constraints.
AB - The Multiple Streams Framework offers a theoretical account of how policy proposals move from latent possibilities to becoming favored for implementation. We apply this framework in the context of the policy response to the 2013–2014 flooding of the Somerset Levels and Moors. Stakeholder interviews and analysis of news media coverage evidence the way in which a specific policy option that had fallen out of favor with the national Environment Agency – dredging – came to the fore and was eventually adopted during the period in which the conjunction of problem, policy, and political pressures came to a head. Local political activists mobilized a wider campaign with the help of social media and capitalized on national political sensitivities to successfully promote dredging. What is less clear is the longevity of the policy reversal, given funding constraints.
KW - dredging
KW - flood policy
KW - Kingdon
KW - multiple streams
KW - Somerset
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84969802099&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2016.1157458
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2016.1157458
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84969802099
VL - 60
SP - 351
EP - 369
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
SN - 0964-0568
IS - 2
ER -