The importance of governance rearrangements (reassignment of positions, roles, and responsibility among actors in governance processes) and their implications on flood risk management has gained currency in evaluative environmental governance literature. However, much work has concentrated on building and applying frameworks to evaluate impacts of decentralisation, such that frameworks to evaluate impacts of recentralisation are still lacking. This paper uses the case of Bwaise III informal settlement in Kampala, Uganda, to assess the impacts of local government rearrangements on flood mitigation. We adapted a Water Governance Assessment Framework and conducted 22 in‐depth interviews with stakeholders, searched documentary sources, and carried out transect walks. We generated qualitative data on stakeholder experiences and perceptions regarding governance quality and flood mitigation prereform and postreform. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis to produce a scoreboard measuring changes in governance dimensions against progress in flood mitigation. In a follow‐up survey, 24 structured interviews were conducted to validate the data. Results show that the rearrangements led to time and cost savings, increased revenue, and sped up the implementation of flood management strategies and measures. The findings can be useful to policymakers at the interface of governance and flood management.

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治理重组对乌干达坎帕拉的洪水风险管理的影响

治理重组的重要性（治理过程中参与者之间的职位，角色和责任的重新分配）及其对洪水风险管理的影响，在评估性环境治理文献中广为接受。但是，许多工作集中在建立和应用评估权力下放影响的框架上，因此仍然缺乏评估近期权力下放影响的框架。本文以乌干达坎帕拉的Bwaise III非正式定居点为例，评估了地方政府改组对减轻洪灾的影响。我们改编了《水治理评估框架》，并与利益相关者进行了22次深入访谈，搜索了文献资料，并进行了样板行走。我们针对利益相关者的经验和对治理质量以及减轻洪水影响的改革前和改革后的看法生成了定性数据。使用主题内容分析对数据进行了分析，以生成一个计分板，该计分板针对治水规模与防洪进度之间的变化进行了测量。在后续调查中，进行了24次结构化访谈以验证数据。结果表明，重新安排可以节省时间和成本，增加收入，并加快洪水管理策略和措施的实施。这些发现对于决策者在治理和洪水管理的界面上可能是有用的。使用主题内容分析对数据进行分析，以生成一个计分板，该计分板针对治水规模与防洪进度之间的变化进行衡量。在后续调查中，进行了24次结构化访谈以验证数据。结果表明，重新安排可以节省时间和成本，增加收入，并加快洪水管理策略和措施的实施。这些发现对于决策者在治理和洪水管理的界面上可能是有用的。使用主题内容分析对数据进行分析，以生成一个计分板，该计分板针对治水规模与防洪进度之间的变化进行衡量。在后续调查中，进行了24次结构化访谈以验证数据。结果表明，重新安排可以节省时间和成本，增加收入，并加快洪水管理策略和措施的实施。这些发现对于决策者在治理和洪水管理的界面上可能是有用的。