Household adaptation strategies to floods.The case study of the Bečva river basin, the Czech Republic
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angličtina
Original language name
Household adaptation strategies to floods.The case study of the Bečva river basin, the Czech Republic
Original language description
Th is paper investigates household adaptation strategies in a region aff ected by repeated fl oods, focused on the period from 1997 to 2012. Th e main research question pay attention to the overall state of household adaptation measures and whether we can discover some progress in response to repeated fl ooding from the various sources of the Bečva river basin. Th e target area is located along the upper and middle parts of the Bečva river basin in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. Th e research was conducted during autumn and winter 2012. In the empirical part, we use a mixed methodology and case study approach. Firstly, we conducted qualitative research through in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders in the region (N=21), to serve as aninitial leadup to the issue. Th en we proceeded with quantitative research by conducting door-to-door questionnaires with household residents (N=304) in risk zones in relation to fl ood occurrence, to fi nd out which factors infl uence ad
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Global Change and Resilience: From Impacts to Responses : Proceedings of the 3rd annual Global Change and Resilience Conference
ISBN
978-80-904351-8-6
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
77-82
Publisher name
Global change research centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Brno
Event date
May 22, 2013
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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