Cross-scale interactions in flood risk management : A case study from Rovaniemi, Finland

• Published in: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
• Main Author: Räsänen, Aleksi
• Other Authors: Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria), Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Urban Environmental Policy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Scientific Publ. Co 2021
• Subjects: 1172 Environmental sciences; Adaptive cycle; Cross-scale interactions; Flood defense; Flood risk management; Panarchy; Structuration; COMMUNITY RESILIENCE; ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE; DISASTER RISK; COMPLEXITY; RIVER; Rovaniemi; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/328275

Cross-scale interactions affect resilience in a wide array of social systems such as flood risk management, but it has been argued that studies of such interactions remain limited. Based on qualitative interviews, quantitative surveys, and policy document analysis, I employed the panarchy framework...