As a result of still more flood events in Denmark in the last few years, flood protection has received growing attention in many local communities. By law, in Denmark, protecting your property from flooding from the sea is a private responsibility. This obliges communities to debate their own flood risk and their ability and options to fund additional protection. However, creating and maintaining flood protection are challenging. The related negotiations frequently develop into conflicts, which prolong the processes. This research concludes that the main challenges are not the technical issues, but the planning and negotiation between different interests. The paper presents the results of four qualitative case studies of existing dikes and dike projects in Denmark. By applying a situated analysis, the controversies in each case have been unravelled, with the aim of understanding the deeper reasons behind them. The paper concludes that the controversies often revolve around broader issues in the local communities such as liveability and population decline, but also feed on less visible aspects to do with people’s long- and short-term experience of living and moving around in their local landscape. The results of the paper underline the need to move beyond risk assessments and meteorological calculations when flood risk protection projects are planned and managed. Other issues have to be included if conflicts are to be minimised and better solutions found.

过去几年中，由于丹麦洪水事件的增多，许多地方社区对洪水的保护日益受到关注。根据法律，在丹麦，保护您的财产免受海上洪水的侵害是个人的责任。这使社区不得不辩论自己的洪水风险以及为额外保护提供资金的能力和选择。但是，创建和维护防洪系统具有挑战性。有关的谈判经常发展成冲突，从而延长了进程。这项研究得出的结论是，主要挑战不是技术问题，而是不同利益方之间的计划和谈判。本文介绍了丹麦现有堤防和堤防项目的四个定性案例研究的结果。通过应用情境分析，每种情况下的争议都已得到解决，目的是了解其背后的深层原因。该论文的结论是，争议通常围绕着当地社区的广泛问题，例如宜居性和人口下降，但也以人们看不见的方面为基础，这与人们在当地景观中的长期生活和迁徙经历有关。本文的结果强调，在计划和管理洪水风险保护项目时，需要超越风险评估和气象计算。如果要使冲突最小化并找到更好的解决方案，则必须包括其他问题。该论文的结论是，争议通常围绕着当地社区的广泛问题，例如宜居性和人口下降，但也以人们看不见的方面为基础，这与人们在当地景观中的长期生活和迁徙经历有关。本文的结果强调，在计划和管理洪水风险保护项目时，需要超越风险评估和气象计算。如果要使冲突最小化并找到更好的解决方案，则必须包括其他问题。该论文的结论是，争议通常围绕着当地社区的广泛问题，例如宜居性和人口下降，但也以人们看不见的方面为基础，这与人们在当地景观中的长期生活和迁徙经历有关。本文的结果强调，在计划和管理洪水风险保护项目时，需要超越风险评估和气象计算。如果要使冲突最小化并找到更好的解决方案，则必须包括其他问题。本文的结果强调，在计划和管理洪水风险保护项目时，需要超越风险评估和气象计算。如果要使冲突最小化并找到更好的解决方案，则必须包括其他问题。本文的结果强调，在计划和管理洪水风险保护项目时，需要超越风险评估和气象计算。如果要使冲突最小化并找到更好的解决方案，则必须包括其他问题。