Publications

2023

• Raikes, Jonathan, Daniel Henstra and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2023. “Public Attitudes Toward Policy Instruments for Flood Risk Management,” Environmental Management, 72(5): 1050-1060.

• Raikes, Jonathan, Daniel Henstra, and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2023 . “Managed Retreat from High-Risk Flood Areas: Exploring Public Attitudes and Expectations about Property Buyouts.” Environmental Hazards, 22(2): 136-151.

• Chakraborty, Liton, Jason Thistlethwaite, Daniel Scott, Daniel Henstra, Andrea Minano, and Horatiu Rus. 2022. “Assessing Social Vulnerability and Identifying Spatial Hotspots of Flood Risk to Inform Socially Just Flood Management Policy,” Risk Analysis, 43(5): 1058-1078. 

2022

• Gouett-Hanna, Chris, Greg Oulahen, Daniel Henstra, and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2022. “Flood Risk Assessment Data Access and Equity in Metro Vancouver.” Canadian Water Resources Journal 47 (4): 202–15.

• Driver, Tia, Daniel Henstra, and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2022. “Managing Urban Flood Risk: An Expert Assessment of Economic Policy Instruments.” Journal of Urban Affairs 44 (8): 1154–67.

• Dordi, Truzaar, Daniel Henstra, and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2022. “Flood Risk Management and Governance: A Bibliometric Review of the Literature,” Journal of Flood Risk Management, 15(2): 1-18.
• Chakraborty, Liton, Horatiu Rus, Daniel Henstra, Jason Thistlethwaite, Andrea Minano, and Daniel Scott. 2022. “Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity and Environmental Injustices in Exposure to Flood Hazards Using Geographically Weighted Regression,” Environmental Research 210: 1-14.

2021

• Chakraborty, Liton, Jason Thistlethwaite, Andrea Minano, Daniel Henstra, and Daniel Scott. 2021. “Leveraging Hazard, Exposure, and Social Vulnerability Data to Assess Flood Risk to Indigenous Communities in Canada,” International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 12(6), 821-838.
• Cottar, Shaieree, Brent Doberstein, Daniel Henstra, and Johanna Wandel. 2021. “Evaluating Property Buyouts and Disaster Recovery Assistance (Rebuild) Options in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of Constance Bay, Ontario and Pointe Gatineau, Quebec,” Natural Hazards 109: 201–20.
• Minano, Andrea, Jason Thistlethwaite, Daniel Henstra and Daniel Scott. 2021. “Governance of Flood Risk Data: A Comparative Analysis of Government and Insurance Geospatial Data for Identifying Properties at Risk of Flood,” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 88(1): 1-14.

2020

• Thistlethwaite, Jason, Daniel Henstra, Craig Brown, and Daniel Scott. 2020. “Barriers to Insurance as a Flood Risk Management Tool: Evidence from a Survey of Property Owners.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 11 (3): 263–73.
• Henstra, Daniel, Jason Thistlethwaite, and Truzaar Dordi. 2020. “Evaluating the Suitability of Policy Instruments for Urban Flood Risk Reduction.” Local Environment 25 (2): 101–13.

2019

• Thistlethwaite, Jason, and Daniel Henstra. 2019. “The Governance of Flood Risk Management.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science, edited by Djillali Benouar. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason, Daniel Henstra, Andrea Minano and Truzaar Dordi. 2019. “Policy Framing in the Press: Analyzing Media Coverage of Two Flood Disasters.” Regional Environmental Change 19 (8): 2597–2607.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason and Daniel Henstra. 2019. Leveraging Media Coverage of Disasters to Support Disaster Risk Reduction. CIGI Policy Brief No. 157. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation, November, 7 pp.
• Guyadeen, Dave, Jason Thistlethwaite, and Daniel Henstra. 2019. “Evaluating the Quality of Municipal Climate Change Plans in Canada.” Climatic Change 152 (1): 121–43.
• Henstra, Daniel, Jason Thistlethwaite, and Shanaya Vanhooren. 2019. “The Governance of Climate Change Adaptation: Stormwater Management Policy and Practice.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, in press.
• Henstra, Daniel, Jason Thistlethwaite, Craig Brown, and Daniel Scott. 2019. “Flood Risk Management and Shared Responsibility: Exploring Canadian Public Attitudes and Expectations.” Journal of Flood Risk Management 12 (1): 1–10.
• Henstra, Daniel, Andrea Minano, and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2019. “Communicating Disaster Risk? An Evaluation of the Availability and Quality of Flood Maps.” Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 19 (1): 313–23.
• Minano, Andrea, Daniel Henstra, and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2019. Better Flood Maps Are Required to Protect Canadians and Their Property. CIGI Policy Brief No. 154. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.

2018

• Henstra, Daniel and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2018. Buyer Beware: Evaluating Property Disclosure as a Tool to Support Flood Risk Management. CIGI Policy Brief No. 131. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Henstra, Daniel and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2018. Flood Risk Mapping in Canada: Moving Forward on a National Priority. CIGI Policy Brief No. 141. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Minano, Andrea, Peter A. Johnson, and Johanna Wandel. 2018. “Visualizing Flood Risk, Enabling Participation and Supporting Climate Change Adaptation Using the Geoweb: The Case of Coastal Communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.” GeoJournal, 83 (3): 413–25.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason and Daniel Henstra. 2018. Protection for Those Who Need It Most: Sustainable Property Insurance in High-Risk Areas. CIGI Policy Brief No. 134. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason, Andrea Minano, Jordan A. Blake, Daniel Henstra, and Daniel Scott. 2018. “Application of Re/Insurance Models to Estimate Increases in Flood Risk Due to Climate Change.” Geoenvironmental Disasters, 5 (1): 1–13.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason, Daniel Henstra, Craig Brown, and Daniel Scott. 2018. “How Flood Experience and Risk Perception Influences Protective Actions and Behaviours among Canadian Homeowners.” Environmental Management, 61 (2): 197–208.
• Vogel, Brennan, Daniel Henstra, and Gordon McBean. 2018. “Sub-National Government Efforts to Activate and Motivate Local Climate Change Adaptation: Nova Scotia, Canada.” Environment, Development and Sustainability, August: 1–21.

2017

• Calamai, Lapo and Andrea Minano. 2017. “Emerging Trends and Future Pathways: A Commentary on the Present State and Future of Residential Flood Insurance in Canada.” Canadian Water Resources Journal, 42 (4): 307–14.
• Henstra, Daniel. 2017. “Climate Adaptation in Canada: Governing a Complex Policy Regime.” Review of Policy Research, 34 (3): 378–99.
• Henstra, Daniel and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2017. Climate Change, Floods, and Municipal Risk Sharing in Canada. IMFG Papers on Municipal Finance and Governance. Toronto: Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance.
• Henstra, Daniel and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2017. Flood Risk and Shared Responsibility in Canada: Operating on Flawed Assumptions? CIGI Policy Brief No. 116. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Henstra, Daniel and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2017. Flood Risk Management: What Is the Role Ahead for the Government of Canada?, CIGI Policy Brief No. 103. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Henstra, Daniel and Jason Thistlethwaite. 2017. Overcoming Barriers to Meeting the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. CIGI Policy Brief No. 105. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason and Daniel Henstra. 2017. “Municipal Flood Risk Sharing in Canada: A Policy Instrument Analysis.” Canadian Water Resources Journal42 (4): 349–63.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason, Daniel Henstra, Andrea Minano, and Sarah Wilkinson. 2017. Engaging Canadians in Flood Risk Management: Lessons from the International Community. CIGI Policy Brief No. 121. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason, Daniel Henstra, Shawna Peddle, and Daniel Scott. 2017. Canadian Voices on Changing Flood Risk: Findings from a National Survey. Waterloo, ON: Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change and Partners for Action (P4A).

2016

• Henstra, Daniel. 2016. “The Tools of Climate Adaptation Policy: Analysing Instruments and Instrument Selection.” Climate Policy16 (4): 496–521.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason. 2016. “The Emergence of Flood Insurance in Canada: Navigating Institutional Uncertainty.” Risk Analysis37 (4): 744–55.
• Thistlethwaite, Jason and Andrea Minano. 2016. Managing Climate Change Risk in Coastal Canadian Communities through Sustainable Insurance. CIGI Policy Brief No. 93. Waterloo, ON: Centre for International Governance Innovation.
• Vogel, Brennan and Daniel Henstra. 2015. “Studying Local Climate Adaptation: A Heuristic Research Framework for Comparative Policy Analysis.”Global EnvironmentalChange31 (March): 110–20.