Abstract As climate change erodes current levels of flood protection in the UK and government investment in ‘hard’ flood risk management (hFRM) is rationed by cost-benefit ratios, the option for many communities at-risk is to implement local ‘soft’ FRM (sFRM). The frequency of widespread flooding generates an added urgency to understand how to support sFRM. Using a case study and qualitative analysis, we explore social processes (SPs), such as acculturation, that drive stakeholder adaptation to be more flood resilient. We conceptualise the status quo beleaguered by conflict and competition and propose practices of accommodation and cooperation that can support shared objectives and responsibility that strengthen sFRM. Our conceptual model is mapped on a stylised catchment to illustrate how SPs underpin sFRM interventions that join-up the catchment in wholescape thinking. The transferable learning is that there are group behaviours and inclusive practices that can initiate and support local sFRM.

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调查支持当地洪水风险管理行动的社会过程

摘要 由于气候变化侵蚀了英国目前的防洪水平，政府对“硬”洪水风险管理 (hFRM) 的投资按成本效益比进行分配，许多面临风险的社区的选择是实施当地“软”FRM (sFRM)。洪水泛滥的频率增加了了解如何支持 sFRM 的紧迫性。通过案例研究和定性分析，我们探索了社会过程 (SP)，例如文化适应，从而推动利益相关者的适应以提高抗洪能力。我们将饱受冲突和竞争困扰的现状概念化，并提出可以支持加强 sFRM 的共同目标和责任的通融与合作实践。我们的概念模型映射在一个程式化的集水区上，以说明 SP 如何支持 sFRM 干预，这些干预将集水区结合到整体思维中。可迁移的学习是可以启动和支持本地 sFRM 的群体行为和包容性实践。