Using legitimacy dialogues to explore responses to flooding issues in a UK catchment

• Published in: Water and environment journal : WEJ Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 320 - 327
• Main Authors: Gearey, Mary, Jeffrey, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2010; Blackwell
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Boundaries; business enterprises; Catchment basins; Climate change; Climatic changes; Continental surface waters; England; Exact sciences and technology; Flooding; floods; Natural water pollution; Pollution; Reviews; river catchment; Rivers; stakeholder engagement; stakeholders; strategic change; Twins; urban development; Wales; water policy; Water resources; Water supplies; water supply; Water treatment and pollution; watershed hydrology; watershed management; watersheds; United Kingdom; Europe; England; Wales; British Isles, England; British Isles, Wales; Flood; river catchment; Water supply; strategic change; Watershed; Surface water; stakeholder engagement; urban development; Stream; Urban area; Flooding; Water resources

A growing awareness of the potential impacts of climate change has led to the consideration of a variety of future outcomes by water supply companies, regulators and local authorities within England and Wales. These strategies recognise the possibility of episodes of flooding within catchments, with...