Retention in forested catchment areas to support flood risk management

The research project aims to gain new insights into the effectiveness and planning of decentralised retention measures in forests. This includes the systematic survey of existing decentralised technical retention measures in forested catchment areas, the development of a methodology for the systematic evaluation and dimensioning of decentralised retention measures and model approaches for the dimensioning and simulation of the measures, model- and monitoring-based effectiveness assessment, and the creation of a practice-oriented guide and a comprehensive catalogue of measures. The methods used include systematic data collection and evaluation, the further development and application of models such as Zemokost and Raven, the performance of sensitivity analyses, and the integration of monitoring and modelling approaches.