LEADER processes

LEADER is an integrated development process in rural areas funded by EU CAP funds and designed to engage, enable, resource and empower local (rural) communities. The LEADER approach comprises e.g. bottom up elaboration and implementation of area based local development strategies; integrated and multi-sectoral actions; networking and cooperation. Heavy rain/flood risk reduction can be assigned as development strategy and implemented through related structural or non-structural actions. LEADER processes should accommodate the likely changes in precipitation and flooding patterns derived from climate change.

Fields of action Forests,Watercourses,Settlement areas,Farmland

Synergies may exist between heavy rain risk management measures and other development goals like environmental protection, health care, and economic performance. Harnessing them requires involvement of different actors, enforcement of exchange between you and them and holistic thinking.

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Simone Dittrich, Wolfram Worm (2006): Möglichkeiten der ländlichen Entwicklung zur Unterstützung eines dezentralen Hochwasserschutzes, Infodienst der Sächsischen Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Dresden, 05/2006, 6-14., URL: https://www.laendlicher-raum.sachsen.de/download/Artikel_Hochwasserschutz_Text.pdf

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