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DOI	10.2166/wcc.2016.064
	Understanding flexibility for multifunctional flood defences: A conceptual framework
	Anvarifar F.; Zevenbergen C.; Thissen W.; Islam T.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	20402244
起始页码	467
结束页码	484
卷号	7 期号:3
英文摘要	Flexibility is often proposed as a valuable capability to cope with uncertainty and change. However, there is no consensus about what constitutes flexibility across the literature. A review of publications on flood management, real options and manufacturing reveals remarkable commonalities along with substantial inconsistencies in the use of flexibility. These observations are used for structuring the discussion of flexibility in this paper. A framework is proposed in the form of four self-consistent and step-wise questions: (Q1) why is flexibility needed; (Q2) what is it that flexibility is required for; (Q3) what are the dimensions of flexibility; (Q4) what needs to change or be adapted? In order to answer the questions in the context of multifunctional flood defences (MFFDs), eight characteristic features of flexibility in connection with the four questions are distilled from the synthesized publications. Subsequently, a working definition of flexibility is developed. An illustrative case study examines the framework’s potential for the development of a MFFD. It is shown that the iterative use of the framework can serve as a guideline for identifying and evaluating flexibility for MFFDs. The paper ends with some challenges for future research. © IWA Publishing 2016.
英文关键词	Climate change; Flexibility; Flood management; Manufacturing; Real options; Uncertainty
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Flood control; Floods; Manufacture; Conceptual frameworks; Flexibility; Flood defence; Flood management; IS flexibility; Real Options; Uncertainty; Flexible manufacturing systems; climate change; conceptual framework; flood control; manufacturing; uncertainty analysis
来源期刊	Journal of Water and Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148152
作者单位	Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft, 2628 CN, Netherlands; UNESCO-IHE, Westvest 7, Delft, 2611 AX, Netherlands; Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, Delft, 2628 BX, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Anvarifar F.,Zevenbergen C.,Thissen W.,et al. Understanding flexibility for multifunctional flood defences: A conceptual framework[J],2016,7(3).
APA	Anvarifar F.,Zevenbergen C.,Thissen W.,&Islam T..(2016).Understanding flexibility for multifunctional flood defences: A conceptual framework.Journal of Water and Climate Change,7(3).
MLA	Anvarifar F.,et al."Understanding flexibility for multifunctional flood defences: A conceptual framework".Journal of Water and Climate Change 7.3(2016).