Cathy Suykens

TL;DR: Based on international comparative research, this paper concluded that six key governance strategies will enhance "flood resilience" and will secure the necessary capacities, which pertain to: (i) the diversification of flood risk management approaches; (ii) the alignment of flood-risk management approaches to overcome fragmentation; (iii) the involvement, cooperation, and alignment of both public and private actors in flood- risk management; (iv) the presence of adequate formal rules that balance legal certainty and flexibility; (v) the assurance of sufficient financial and other types of resources; (vi) the adoption

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative legal analysis of financial compensation mechanisms following floods, be it through insurance, public funds, or a combination of both, with an empirical focus on Belgium, the Netherlands, England, and France, was provided.

TL;DR: In this paper, a typology of both fragmentation and bridging mechanisms and their relations is developed, and a novel interdisciplinary methodological framework for evaluating the degree and quality of the interconnectedness within fragmented domestic FRM systems is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the manner in which either the EU member states of France, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden or parts of them, such as the country of England in the UK or the Flemish Region in...