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

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<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>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

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

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-11782S" target="_blank" >GA20-11782S: Povaha a dynamika lokálních konfliktů o využití území v polyracionálním prostředí</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

170-186

Kód UT WoS článku

000580594800002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85094922709