ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on understanding the institutional determinants of adaptive capacity to illustrate emerging challenges and opportunities for climate adaptation in the context of urban pluvial flood risk management. The paper explores and compares the formal-legal as well as the perceived roles and responsibilities of key actor groups in the context of adaptation to urban pluvial flooding in the Dutch city Arnhem. The concluding section questions the assumed power of formal-legal rules and institutions in motivating key stakeholders to take action. It poses that, in order to stimulate participation and collaboration in local climate adaptation, more attention should be paid to the informal institutional context, in particular to the perception of responsibilities.

摘要

本文着重于了解适应能力的制度决定因素，以说明在城市小洪水风险管理的背景下，气候适应的新挑战和机遇。本文探讨并比较了在适应荷兰城市阿纳姆（Arnhem）城市洪灾的背景下，主要行为者群体的正式法律以及角色和责任。结论部分质疑正式法律规则和制度在激励主要利益相关者采取行动方面的假定力量。它提出，为了促进在地方气候适应中的参与和合作，应更多地注意非正式的体制背景，特别是责任感。