Competent authorities for the flood risk management plan – reflections on flood and spatial planning in England. Issue 2 (24th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Green, Colin
• Other Names: Hartmann Thomas guestEditor.; Juepner Robert guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of flood risk management. Volume 10:Issue 2(2017:Jun.)
• Page Start: 195
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2014-03-24
• Subjects: Competent authority -- governance -- integration -- interplay -- power -- rules -- spatial planning; Flood control -- Periodicals; Floods -- Risk assessment -- Periodicals; Flood damage prevention -- Periodicals; Flood warning systems -- Periodicals; 627.405
• DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12097
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-318X

Abstract

Abstract: National implementation of the Floods Directive required the member states to each designate a 'competent authority'. This raises the question of what are the necessary competencies of the designated authority and what are the necessary powers required to deliver the directive. A fundamental problem in water governance is the 'vertical‐horizontal problem' of integration but rules necessarily fragment and water management is highly coupled with many other policy areas. This paper reviews how the emphasis on vertical and horizontal integration in flood risk management has evolved over time and argues that vertical integration has been promoted at increasing cost to horizontal integration.