Social justice in the context of adaptation to climate change—reflecting on different policy approaches to distribute and allocate flood risk management

摘要: Editorial to a special edition of the journal. Consequences extreme hydrological events, such as those recently experienced in United States (e.g. Hurricane Harvey or Irma 2017), floods South Asia 2017, Central European 2013 and 2016, have again focused attention society, policy makers academic scholars on questions how reduce vulnerability especially when faced with dual challenges climate societal change. Not only is likelihood increasing IPCC 2014), but, due continuing development hazard-prone zones, so called bullseye effect which argues that disaster frequency largely exposure, resulting higher degree floodplains, it becomes more challenging protect all properties same standard (see discussion around residual risk, Ashley et al. 2014; Jongman 2015; Fuchs 2017a). Hence, outcome current flood risk management strategies many situations are necessitating changes social contract between state requiring re-design role central government individual citizens communities terms sharing responsibilities (Adger 2013; Doorn 2016). In particular, often encourages society take lead responsibility for management, but apparently conflicts misunderstandings arising (Harris 2012; Kuhlicke 2016; 2017b) well potentially introducing inequalities outcomes. Europe, we can already observe these aspects recent developments, led re-arrangement roles introduction Partnership Funding England Wales Canada ‘risk-based’ stormwater charge (Thaler Priest Geaves Penning-Rowsell Thaler Levin-Keitel Henstra Thistlethwaite 2017). However, research concerning implications justice injustice new debates scarce (Johnson 2007; Hartmann