Designing an information infrastructure for policy integration of spatial planning and flood risk management

Ran, J.; Nedovic-Budic, Z.; Ran, J; Nedovic-Budic, Z

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Designing an information infrastructure for policy integration of spatial planning and flood risk management

Ran, J.; Nedovic-Budic, Z.

Environmental Information Systems Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications 1: 520-554

2018

ISSN/ISBN: 9781522570349

Accession: 104249341

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Summary

The policy integration of spatial planning and flood risk management is a promising approach to mitigate flooding. Scholars indicate that the absence of appropriate information base and technological capacity is among the factors impeding this integration. This study found that what needs to be improved is the access to geographic information and geographic technologies by individual policy makers, rather than the ownership of such resources by one organisation as a whole. Based on this finding, we designed the goals and functions for a Spatially Integrated Policy Infrastructure (SIPI) which shares not only geographic information but also models and analysis tools. A prototype of SIPI was also developed as an illustration of the selected functions of this SIPI. The design of SIPI is consistent with other frontier studies and projects in the field of GIS and planning. The development process also provides experience for future studies and development of infrastructures that aim at supporting policy integration.