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Achieving genuine flood resilience requires shifting from traditional, static engineering-centric 'predict-and-control' methods to a systems-based collaborative planning framework that integrates complexity theory, collective action, and community co-production. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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The aim is to explain limitations in traditional flood resilience planning and propose a more effective collaborative approach.

July 27, 2026Current Opinion in Environmental SustainabilityOpen Access

Beyond engineering resilience: a systems-based collaborative planning framework for flood resilience

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SESabuhi Essa NHNazia Habib SSSivasakthy Selvakumaran

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This framework proposes a systems-based approach to enhance flood resilience in communities, suggesting new collaborative strategies for planning.

Key Points

The aim is to explain limitations in traditional flood resilience planning and propose a more effective collaborative approach.
Synthesized evidence from 2015-2025 on flood resilience practices.
Proposed a systems-based collaborative planning framework integrating theory of complexity.
Mapped feedback loops between technical infrastructure, power relations, and social learning.
Traditional flood resilience approaches often prioritize engineering solutions, neglecting recovery capacity.
Proposed framework encourages co-production with communities to enhance adaptive capacities.
Identified systemic barriers in institutions and governance that reinforce conventional methods.

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Essa et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a67007840bca442e0d4a1bc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2026.101697

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July 27, 2026Current Opinion in Environmental SustainabilityOpen Access

Beyond engineering resilience: a systems-based collaborative planning framework for flood resilience

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Authors

SESabuhi Essa NHNazia Habib SSSivasakthy Selvakumaran

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Overview

This framework proposes a systems-based approach to enhance flood resilience in communities, suggesting new collaborative strategies for planning.

Key Points

The aim is to explain limitations in traditional flood resilience planning and propose a more effective collaborative approach.
Synthesized evidence from 2015-2025 on flood resilience practices.
Proposed a systems-based collaborative planning framework integrating theory of complexity.
Mapped feedback loops between technical infrastructure, power relations, and social learning.
Traditional flood resilience approaches often prioritize engineering solutions, neglecting recovery capacity.
Proposed framework encourages co-production with communities to enhance adaptive capacities.
Identified systemic barriers in institutions and governance that reinforce conventional methods.

Cite This Study

Essa et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a67007840bca442e0d4a1bc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2026.101697

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