Local perception of floods in the Czech Republic and recent changes in state flood management strategies

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Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12156/full" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12156/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12156" target="_blank" >10.1111/jfr3.12156</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Local perception of floods in the Czech Republic and recent changes in state flood management strategies
Original language description
A shift from flood protection to flood risk management is occurring in many Western countries, but less is known about the social perception of floods and flood management changes in Central and Eastern Europe. The objective of this paper is to study the social perception of selected water-related issues and to find possible compatibilities with existing flood management. A sociological survey was conducted within a local population living in flood plains in South Bohemia (N = 89). The results are discussed in relation to changes in Czech flood management governmental policies over the last 15 years. We conclude that the local population accepts floods as regular events, expects their increased frequency and prefers natural measures of flood mitigation. Czech flood management governmental policies are moving from flood defence and hard structural measures (e.g. dams) to flood risk management and more natural solutions (polders, free spill, etc.). However, there is still a strong legacy of a top-down approach in governmental policies that hinders full incorporation of local perceptions into flood management.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.30.0006" target="_blank" >EE2.3.30.0006: The Creation of Postdoc Positions at the University of South Bohemia and the Support of Itnersectoral Mobility by Expert Stays at the Foreign Leading R&D Institutions</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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