Strategic use of instruments of land policy for mobilising private land for flood risk management

Floods are among the most frequent and destructive natural hazards worldwide (CRED, 2020). In Europe, as in many other parts of world, number severe inland floods has been increasing since 1980s (Bloschl et al., combination with urban development accumulation damage potential floodplains these shifts extremes likely to be major cost drivers for adaptation infrastructure thus pose biggest challenge adjustment (UNDRR, 2019; OECD, 2016).