Readiness assessment in flood risk management and climate adaptation: A mechanism for social innovation?

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2025-03Keyword
Climate adaptationCoastal erosion
Community engagement
Flooding
Readiness assessment
Social innovation
Social-ecological systems
Stakeholder engagement
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This paper discusses the development and initial trials of a readiness assessment methodology intended to support more informed, ethical and effective processes of project development and stakeholder engagement within an evolving and increasingly challenging context of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) in England and Wales. In particular, it considers how and to what extent this approach to readiness assessment can be considered an example of social innovation. Drawing on scholarship about social innovation, the paper also considers challenges within the design and implementation of readiness assessment processes. In turn, this supports an exploration of obstacles to and limitations of social innovation, particularly in the context of far-reaching social-ecological change.Version
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Kelly R and Kelly U (2025) Readiness assessment in flood risk management and climate adaptation: A mechanism for social innovation? Journal of Flood Risk Management. 18(1): e12915.Link to Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12915Type
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12915