SANAA OSMANI
Centre for Environmental Policy
Imperial College London
MSC PROJE CT 2010
Identify all
stakeholders
(esp. Local
champions)
Categorise
stakeholders
Understand
stakeholders’
issues
Establish any
relationships/
interactions
between the
stakeholders
River
Roding
Source: Environment Agency (2010)
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Legislative Drivers
◦ 2010 UK Flood and Water
Management Act
◦ 2007 EU Floods Directive
◦ 2008 EU Water Framework Directive
◦ 2008 Pitt Review recommendations
◦ Aarhus Convention Principles
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Feeds into the aims of the DIANE-CM project of
enhancing the capacity of stakeholders to cope
with flood risk and increase resilience
Stakeholder analysis (SA) will evaluate the
current level of flood risk awareness amongst
stakeholders
Identify key champion stakeholders who are
most likely to facilitate FRM strategies
Initial stage in increasing public participation in
environmental decision-making
Improving risk communication and hazard
awareness by identifying any barriers
Revealing Governance networks
Brainstorming session
with 4 key stakeholders
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 Triangulation
 Confirm findings from
interviews
 Stratified systemantic
random sample of
property owners in high
flood risk areas
snowballing
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Semi-structured
interviews
Questionnaire
surveys
Second round of
interviews?
 Time constraints
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Factist discourse
analysis on
interview
transcripts
Statistical analyses
on quantitative data
from questionnaire
surveys
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Power-influence
and interestinfluence matrices
Stakeholder map/
Sociogram showing
linkages and
interactions
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An assessment of stakeholders’ flood risk
awareness
Identification of barriers to stakeholder
participation
Relationships between different stakeholders
The results of this research will be used in later
stages of the DIANE-CM Project when
evaluating the effectiveness of stakeholder
involvement
SA should establish a platform facilitating
stakeholder interaction and learning to reach a
consensus