An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households

Lamond, Jessica; Joseph, Rotimi; Proverbs, David

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2015.04.008

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“…It should be noted, though, that this is merely one aspect of recovery. In addition, floods can also have a large and more long-term impact on the psychological well-being of those affected [61], which needs be accounted for in policies and measures that aim at supporting the recovery process of disaster stricken areas.…”

Section: Recoverymentioning

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Coping with Pluvial Floods by Private Households

Rözer

Müller

Bubeck

et al. 2016

Water

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Pluvial floods have caused severe damage to urban areas in recent years. With a projected increase in extreme precipitation as well as an ongoing urbanization, pluvial flood damage is expected to increase in the future. Therefore, further insights, especially on the adverse consequences of pluvial floods and their mitigation, are needed. To gain more knowledge, empirical damage data from three different pluvial flood events in Germany were collected through computer-aided telephone interviews. Pluvial flood awareness as well as flood experience were found to be low before the respective flood events. The level of private precaution increased considerably after all events, but is mainly focused on measures that are easy to implement. Lower inundation depths, smaller potential losses as compared with fluvial floods, as well as the fact that pluvial flooding may occur everywhere, are expected to cause a shift in damage mitigation from precaution to emergency response. However, an effective implementation of emergency measures was constrained by a low dissemination of early warnings in the study areas. Further improvements of early warning systems including dissemination as well as a rise in pluvial flood preparedness are important to reduce future pluvial flood damage.

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Section: Recoverymentioning

confidence: 99%

Coping with Pluvial Floods by Private Households

Rözer

Müller

Bubeck

et al. 2016

Water

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“…As presented in Literature Review section, Liu et al (2006) found positive association between the probability for an individual to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and flood exposure. Similarly, Lamond et al (2015) find evidence on the significant link between mental health deterioration and the depth of flood experienced by households. * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001 t statistic in parentheses exposed to a flood.…”

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“…Respiratory-related, as well as water, food, vector-, and airborne diseases are likely to spread amidst crowding, poor hygiene, lack of access to clean water, and lack of disease prevention measures in these centers (Kouadio et al 2012;Maryam et al 2012;Matthew et al 2016;Watson et al 2007a, b). Stress and fatigue from flood exposure and the difficult circumstances that the affected households may experience in the aftermath can also lead to psychological distress and morbidity (Carroll et al 2010;Lamond et al 2015).…”

Section: Flood Characteristics and Flood Exposurementioning

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Floods and Pestilence: Diseases in Philippine Urban Areas

Yonson

2018

EconDisCliCha

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Do floods affect the probability for urban households to suffer from diseases? We study Cagayan de Oro, a highly-urbanized city in the Philippines that exhibits many of the common characteristics of urban areas in middle-income countries. We find that bronchitis, respiratory tract infection, influenza, chicken pox, measles, typhoid fever, diarrhea, leptospirosis, dengue, hypertension, and heart diseases are each associated with either one or a combination of the flood variables: exposure, height, or duration. We quantify their incremental incidence due to flood exposure, and provide indicative estimates on their cost implications both to the government and to the disease-affected households. In general, results reveal that flood-induced diseases cause large cost to the government as well as heavy financial burden on affected families, particularly among the economically disadvantaged. Cost estimation is undertaken for the floodplains of Cagayan de Oro City, and expanded to all urban areas in the Philippines to serve as inputs for discussions on the expansion or redesign of policies aimed at ensuring people's safety from disasters, diseases, and impoverishment within a typical urban setting.

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“…A comprehensive societal CBA of flood risk management strategies should also include avoided intangible impacts caused by floods, like psychological impacts (Lamond, Joseph, & Proverbs, ). However, intangible impacts were neglected in the identified zoning CBAs, while several valuation approaches exist (Markantonis, Meyer, & Schwarze, ).…”

Section: Flood Risk Zoning Cbamentioning

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Cost–benefit analysis of flood‐zoning policies: A review of current practice

Hudson

Botzen

2019

WIREs Water

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One commonly proposed method to limit flood risk is land‐use or zoning policies which regulates construction in high‐risk areas, in order to reduce economic exposure and its vulnerability to flood events. Although such zoning regulations can be effective in limiting trends in flood risk, they also have adverse impacts on society, for instance by limiting local development of areas near the water. In order to judge whether proposed land‐use or zoning policies are a net benefit to society, they should be accepted or rejected based on a societal cost–benefit analysis (CBA). However, conducting a CBA of zoning regulation is complex and comprehensive guidelines of how to do such an analysis are lacking. We offer guidelines for good practice. In order to assess the costs and benefits of zoning as a climate change adaption strategy, they should be assessed at a societal level in order to account for public good features of flood risk reduction strategies, and because costs in one area can be benefits in another region. We propose a multistep process: first, determine the spatial extent of the zoning policy and how interconnected the zoned area is to other locations; second, conduct a CBA using monetary costs and benefits estimated from an integrated hydro‐economic model to investigate if total benefits exceed total costs; third, conduct a sensitivity analysis regarding the main assumptions; fourth, conduct a multicriteria analysis (MCA) of the normative outcomes of a zoning policy. A desirable policy is preferred in both the CBA and MCA. This article is categorized under: Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Value of Water Science of Water > Water Extremes Human Water > Methods

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An exploration of factors affecting the long term psychological impact and deterioration of mental health in flooded households

Cited by 112 publications

References 25 publications

Coping with Pluvial Floods by Private Households

Coping with Pluvial Floods by Private Households

Floods and Pestilence: Diseases in Philippine Urban Areas

Cost–benefit analysis of flood‐zoning policies: A review of current practice

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