Institutional stakeholder interviews (Portland, Oregon) on the uncertainties, concerns and challenges the limit implementation of Blue-Green infrastructure
Description
This is a qualitative data collection. These data were collected as part of an interdisciplinary project undertaken by the Blue-Green Cities (B-GC) Research Consortium with the Portland-Vancouver ULTRA (Urban Long-term Research Area) project (PVU), as part of the “Clean Water for All” initiative. The project examined the sources of uncertainty responsible for current concerns and challenges to widespread adoption of Blue-Green Infrastructure in urban flood risk management. The study consisted of eleven semi-structured interviews with institutional stakeholders in the City of Portland, Oregon, USA. Broadly, the research aim was to identify and classify the key concerns, challenges and uncertainties faced by the interviewees in implementing sustainable flood risk management and Blue-Green infrastructure. We used the Relevant Dominant Uncertainty approach and identified numerous physical science and socio-political uncertainties that hamper decision making. We then addressed how decision makers can reduce their levels of concern and overcome the associated challenges to widen the implementation of Blue-Green infrastructure.
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Subjects
- Flood control
- Flood damage prevention
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Cities and towns
- Drainage
- Sustainable engineering
- Decision making
- Blue-Green Cities; Urban Flood Risk Management; Best Management Practices; Sustainable Drainage Systems; Confidence; Uncertainty
- JACS Subjects::Social Studies::Human & social geography::Human & social geography by topic::Urban geography
- Library of Congress Subject Areas::G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation::GE Environmental Sciences
Divisions
- Faculties, Schools and Departments::University of Nottingham, UK Campus::Faculty of Social Sciences::School of Geography
Deposit date
2015-09-14Data type
Audio interviews and transcriptionsContributors
- Lawson, Emily
- Ozawa, Connie
- Smith, Leonard
- Hamlin, Samantha
Funders
- Funders::Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Grant number
- EP/K013661/1
Parent project
- Blue-Green Cities Research Project
- Portland-Vancouver ULTRA (Urban Long-term Research Area) project
- Clean Water for All
Collection dates
- Between 7th May and 30th June 2014
Coverage
- City of Portland, Oregon, US
Data collection method
Semi-structured interviews (face-to-face)Legal and ethical issues
The data cannot be shared because of issues around informed consent and personal identifiers.Resource languages
- en
Copyright
- University of Nottingham