TIGHTLY COUPLED POLICIES AND LOOSELY COUPLED NETWORKS IN THE GOVERNING OF FLOOD RISK MITIGATION IN MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Tightly coupled policies and loosely coupled networks in the governing of flood risk mitigation in municipal administrations

Flood risk is a complex and transboundary issue that is expected to escalate with climate change and requires to be governed by collaborative networks of actors.Municipal administrations have been suggested to have a particularly important and here challenging role in such governance.Although collaborative governance has attracted intense scientifi

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Persistence of aquatic insects across managed landscapes: effects of landscape permeability on re-colonization and population recovery.

Human practices in managed landscapes may often adversely affect aquatic biota, such as aquatic insects.Dispersal is often the limiting factor for successful re-colonization and recovery of stressed habitats.Therefore, in this study, we evaluated the effects of landscape permeability, assuming a combination of riparian vegetation (edge permeability

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