https://www.mountainresearch.at/INCRA/

INCRA addresses the increasing risks from natural hazards and climate change in Austria by focusing on the often-overlooked role of non-climate risk drivers—such as demographic, socio-economic, institutional, and infrastructural factors—that influence who and what is exposed and vulnerable to local hazards like floods, snow avalanches, and landslides.

The project pursues four main objectives:

• Comprehensive Exposure Mapping: INCRA systematically assesses exposure to single and multiple hazards across Austria using a spatially explicit, high-resolution approach.

• Integrated Vulnerability Assessment: It couples indicators across social, economic, physical, and institutional dimensions to assess vulnerability at national and sub-national scales.

• Archetype Identification and Validation: By identifying patterns of non-climate risk drivers ("archetypes") and validating them through regional and local case studies, the project captures the complexity and context-specific nature of risk.

• Co-creation of Adaptation Options: Stakeholder engagement is at the core of INCRA. Through a transdisciplinary co-creation process, the project develops risk storylines and actionable climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies tailored to local needs.

INCRA addresses key shortcomings in current disaster risk reduction (DRR) and CCA strategies by integrating non-climatic factors into multi-risk assessments. The approach ensures that outcomes are not only scientifically robust but also practically relevant.