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Issues of Natural Resources Law for Adopting Catchment-Based Measures for Flood Risk Management in Sweden

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  • Susana Goytia

    (Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts, Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå, Sweden)

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The EU Floods Directive calls for integrated flood risk management at a catchment scale. The potential of this directive to integrate relevant policy areas and deliver catchment-based measures may however be undermined by sectoral laws and policies in the Member States. This article focuses on the legal issues affecting the integration of catchment-based measures for managing flood risk in three relevant policy areas, namely, energy (in the form of hydropower production), agriculture, and forestry, in Sweden. The results show that that the present legal frameworks not only can restrict attempts to introduce catchment-based measures through compulsory means, but in some cases can also encumber collaborative and voluntary initiatives. It is therefore important to reinforce the catchment perspective in the processes leading to the adoption of flood risk management plans, in terms of assessing flood risks, evaluating measures and engaging stakeholders.

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  • Susana Goytia, 2021. "Issues of Natural Resources Law for Adopting Catchment-Based Measures for Flood Risk Management in Sweden," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-17, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:4:p:2072-:d:499686
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