Recommendations for flood risk management with communities at risk

TLDR: In this paper, the authors draw lessons from their empirical investigations in Germany, Italy and England/Wales in a very specific perspective: they formulates recommendations for flood risk management with people at risk and try to shed light on the views of this important group of stakeholders.

Abstract: The paper draws lessons from our empirical investigations in Germany, Italy and England/Wales in a very specific perspective: It formulates recommendations for flood risk management with people at risk Thus it tries to shed light on the views of this important – but often neglected – group of stakeholders Our addressees are flood risk management professionals, such as flood-practitioners and policy makers at European, national, regional and local levels The recommendations relate to the following fields: flood risk awareness, flood preparedness, flood risk communication, participation in flood risk management and social vulnerability