Improving the active involvement of stakeholders and the public in flood risk management – Tools of an involvement strategy and case study results from Austria, Germany and Italy

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2785-2798

  Fleischhauer, M ^a   Greiving, S ^a   Flex, F ^a   Scheibel, M ^b   Stickler, T ^c   Sereinig, N ^d   Koboltschnig, G ^d   Malvati, P ^e   Vitale, V ^e   Grifoni, P ^f   Firus, K ^g  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Wupperverband   (Germany)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d Wasser und Naturschutz Unterabteilung GB Geologie und Bodenschutz   (Austria)

^e Autorità di Bacino Fiume Tevere   (Italy)

^f Istituto Di Ricerche Sulla Popolazione E Le Politiche Sociali Rome   (Italy)

^g T6 Società Cooperativa   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; ITALY;

EID: 84866548014     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2785-2012     Document Type: Article

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