“Surely it will come again...”. Flood threat appraisal, mitigation strategies and protection motivationin Czech communities endangered by floods

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F20%3A73603313" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/20:73603313 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68145535:_____/20:00534733 RIV/00216224:14310/20:00116543 RIV/70883521:28160/20:63525276

Result on the web

<a href="https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mgr/28/3/article-p170.xml" target="_blank" >https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mgr/28/3/article-p170.xml</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0013" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2020-0013</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

“Surely it will come again...”. Flood threat appraisal, mitigation strategies and protection motivationin Czech communities endangered by floods

Original language description

A recent “shift” in flood risk management is associated with putting more emphasis on private mitigation and protection measures, and on shared responsibility. Based on case study research in the South Bohemian municipalities (Czech Republic) endangered by floods, this paper reports floods-related attitudes and actions of local inhabitants. A total of 305 respondents participated in a survey; responses and additional commentaries were examined through qualitative content analysis. Results show that though most of the local residents are aware of the constant threat, a minority of them take up any mitigation measures or have some strategy to handle a flood. Several cognitive biases and non-protective responses, the lack of interest and personal responsibility, perceived costs, as well as the prevailing low perceived importance of floods for the local quality of life, hamper improvements in general preparedness. From the viewpoint of Protection Motivation Theory, neither the locals’ threat appraisal nor their coping appraisal is high enough to sufficiently incentivise them to adopt private mitigation strategies and measures. Flood information seems to be at hand for local residents, who are, however, mostly not interested in using it. Perceived obscurities in handling the financial resources contribute to the prevailing unwillingness to participate financially in flood protection. Differences in perceptions and actions are associated with respondents’ individual characteristics (age, gender, level of education, previous experience with floods). Based on our findings, we discuss several relevant policy implications.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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/GA20-11782S" target="_blank" >GA20-11782S: The nature and dynamics of local land use conflicts in a polyrational arena</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

170-186

UT code for WoS article

000580594800002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85094922709