Tool risk reduction measures

100 RISK REDUCTION MEASURES

Avoidance of building in hazard zones: Refusal of building permission-image

Avoidance of building in hazard zones: Refusal of building permission

  • Description
  • Fields of action
  • Synergies
  • Good practice examples
  • References

Pieces of land which have been zoned for development but are as yet undeveloped are declared to be unsuitable for building, or building permission is not granted.

Fields of action Settlement areas
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.

READ MORE:

  • Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung (2015): Hangwassermanagement Maßnahmenkatalog [management of pluvial floods catalogue of measures] (unpublished brochure, online version accessible at URL: https://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/222593.htm): Versagen der Bau(platz)bewilligung
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