How to model stakeholder participation for flood management

Stakeholders participation for Flood Risk Management is a key factor for the improvement of policy and decision’s quality of and to create consensus. Nowadays there are many studies on this topic aimed to take into consideration the involvement of stakeholders in different phases of the process and with the use of different procedures. In Italy the situation seems to be critical compared to the international panorama, since there are no regulation or protocols to prevent disaster or repair the damage. The paper proposes a critical overview of methodologies able to engage stakeholders in decision-making process with a detail on case studies focused on the Flood Risk Management. Different aspects will be investigated and compared in order to outline considerations and possible conclusions.