Kelman, I;
(2014)
Household Measures for River Flood Risk Reduction in the Czech Republic.
Journal of Flood Risk Management
10.1111/jfr3.12132.
(In press).
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Abstract
Interviews with 304 households were used to determine flood risk reduction measures adopted in the case study of the Becva River in the Czech Republic. Uptake of measures was low, irrespective of experience with floods. Financial cost seemed to be a barrier towards implementation, but more work is needed to understand the combination of factors limiting adoption of household flood risk reduction measures. Regression analysis indicated that socio-demographic factors play an important role in household decision-making. More men and more children in a household support the adoption of measures. Perception of living in a flood risk zone, rather than actual experience of flooding, also positively influenced probability of adopting some measures. When a house is elevated up from ground level by 1 metre or more, the likelihood of taking further measures decreased by 20%. Further investigation of these factors and why, not just how, they influence household choices would support flood risk reduction measures, especially under a changing climate.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Household Measures for River Flood Risk Reduction in the Czech Republic |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jfr3.12132 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12132 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2014 The Authors. Journal of Flood Risk Management published by. The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | Becva River Basin, Czech Republic, flood damage, flood risk, household measures, flood risk management, river floods |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1449262 |
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