Austria
Flash floods and Urban flooding Austria
Vulnerabilities
Landslides and flash floods already cause more and more damages to infrastructure and settlements (1)…. Growing demand on land increases the competition for the very limited resource (2). Areas at higher risk of flooding and landslides are now used for housing and infrastructure.
References
The references below are cited in full in a separate map 'References'. Please click here if you are looking for the full references for Austria.
- Bader and Kunz (1998); Steininger and Weck-Hannemann (2002), both in: European Environment Agency (EEA) (2005)
- UBA (2004), in: European Environment Agency (EEA) (2005)
