Flood events, such as those in 2002, 2005, 2013 or 2017 in Austria, raise the question of how society can prepare for increasing flood risk. In particular, soil sealing, intensive agricultural use, the decline of riparian forests, climate change, etc. have intensified the flooding problem in Austria (Blöschl et al. 2017; Meißl et al. 2017).

There are various ideas, concepts and visions about where certain measures could be implemented and how responsibility could be renegotiated between the public and government authorities. Above all, the involvement of the public is seen as central, yet also challenging for politics and society...

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