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Conservatives and Champions: River Managers and the River Restoration Discourse in the United Kingdom

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  • William M Adams

    (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England)

  • Martin R Perrow

    (ECON Ecological Consultancy, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England)

  • Angus Carpenter

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England)

Abstract

We discuss two contrasting discourses of environmental management for the management of rivers and floodplain environments in the United Kingdom. Through the 1990s a long-established flood defence discourse gave way to a new discourse of river and floodplain restoration. We draw on qualitative interviews with river managers to set out these discourses, and consider the engagement between them. We consider particularly the way in which flood defence engineers have resisted and gradually been won over to aspects of the new restoration discourse, and the role of champions in that discourse transition.

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  • William M Adams & Martin R Perrow & Angus Carpenter, 2004. "Conservatives and Champions: River Managers and the River Restoration Discourse in the United Kingdom," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 36(11), pages 1929-1942, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:36:y:2004:i:11:p:1929-1942
    DOI: 10.1068/a3637
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    2. Rung-Jiun Chou, 2016. "Achieving Successful River Restoration in Dense Urban Areas: Lessons from Taiwan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-23, November.

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