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Scott, Mark; White, Iain; Kuhlicke, Christian; Steinführer, Annett; Sultana, Parvin; Thompson, Paul M.; Minnery, John; O’Neill, Eoin; Cooper, J. A. G.; Adamson, Mark; Russell, Elizabeth

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“…scanned and then georeferenced. 10 Based on the georeferenced images, vector polygons of each respondent's cognitive map were digitized. In the majority of cases, polygons were drawn by tracing the area outlined by the respondents as being at risk of flooding (231 maps).…”

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“…Proximity to hazard source and location of residence has been found to influence risk perception; (40,56) hence, a key consideration as a de- 10 Georeferencing an image involved establishing its location in terms of map projections or coordinate systems. (129) terminant of risk perception is the actual proximity of the respondent's dwelling to the potential risk or perceived hazard risk.…”

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“…The scale of potential costs being attributed to future flooding has driven a new concern for its management . Traditionally, flood management approaches concentrated on flood defense with the aim of reducing the probability of flooding; however, it is now recognized that structural solutions alone will not solve flooding problems .…”

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The Impact of Perceived Flood Exposure on Flood‐Risk Perception: The Role of Distance

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Natural hazards, such as major flood events, are occurring with increasing frequency and inflicting increasing levels of financial damages upon affected communities. The experience of such major flood events has brought about a significant change in attitudes to flood-risk management, with a shift away from built engineering solutions alone towards a more multifaceted approach. Europe's experience with damaging flood episodes provided the impetus for the introduction of the European Floods Directive, requiring the establishment of flood-risk management plans at the river-basin scale. The effectiveness of such plans, focusing on prevention, protection, and preparedness, is dependent on adequate flood awareness and preparedness, and this is related to perception of flood risk. This is an important factor in the design and assessment of flood-risk management. Whilst there is a modern body of literature exploring flood perception issues, there have been few examples that explore its spatial manifestations. Previous literature has examined perceived and real distance to a hazard source (such as a river, nuclear facility, landfill, or incinerator, etc.), whereas this article advances the literature by including an objectively assessed measure of distance to a perceived flood zone, using a cognitive mapping methodology. The article finds that distance to the perceived flood zone (perceived flood exposure) is a crucial factor in determining flood-risk perception, both the cognitive and affective components. Furthermore, we find an interesting phenomenon of misperception among respondents. The article concludes by discussing the implications for flood-risk management.

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“…Adaptability additionally asks for good relations with disaster managers, but also a high civil awareness and willingness to participate in flood risk management. As other authors emphasize (Kuhlicke & Steinführer, 2013;Pahl-Wostl, 2006;Pelling, 2011), social capacity-building asks for a local and participatory approach aimed at empowerment, instead of purely information.…”

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A strategy-based framework for assessing the flood resilience of cities – A Hamburg case study

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2015

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The idea of a flood resilient city -one which can withstand or adapt to a flood event without being harmed in its functionality -seems promising. But what does resilience actually mean when it is applied to urban environments exposed to flood risk, and how can resilience be achieved? This paper presents a heuristic framework for assessing the flood resilience of cities, for scientists and policy-makers alike. It enriches the current literature on flood resilience by clarifying the meaning of its three key characteristicsrobustness, adaptability and transformability -and identifying important components to implement resilience strategies. The resilience discussion moves a step forward: from predominantly defining resilience to generating insight into 'doing' resilience in practice. The framework is illustrated with two case studies from Hamburg, showing that resilience, and particularly the underlying notions of adaptability and transformability, require first and foremost further capacity-building among public as well as private stakeholders. The case studies suggest that flood resilience is currently not enough motivation to move from traditional to more resilient flood protection schemes in practice; it rather needs to be integrated into a bigger urban agenda.2

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“…The second shift is the growing prominence of the "resilience" approach in FRM theory and practice (Restemeyer et al, 2015). In many European countries, over the last few decades, the policy discourse on FRM has been moving from a focus on flood-defence systems based on flood-risk "certainty" towards a more holistic flood-resilience approach, acknowledging that floods cannot always be prevented, but their impacts can be reduced (Meijerink & Dicke, 2008;Nye et al, 2011;Schelfaut et al, 2011;Scott, 2013). The concept of flood resilience also accommodates the growing uncertainty associated with flood risks due to climate change and relates land use with anticipated damages, which is especially attractive to planners (Restemeyer et al, 2015;Woltjer & Al, 2007).…”

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Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley

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Woltjer

2018

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There is an increasing emphasis on the local level as well as growing expectations regarding civil society actors in flood‐risk management in the UK. However, not enough is known about the potential contributions of civil society to flood resilience at the local level. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by conceptualising flood resilience at the local level across three phases inherent to flood disasters: pre‐flood, during the flood and post‐flood. These phases act as the foundation for this paper's exploration of the contributions of civil society to local‐level flood resilience. Data were collected before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods through interviews (in 2015 and 2017) and from secondary data sources. The paper identifies the importance of time and place when analysing civil society contributions to local level flood resilience. These contributions were dynamic over time with a strong initial response that diminished over time due to apathy, “active forgetting” and lack of further exposure. Exposure and a sense of community strongly influenced civil society contributions to flood resilience in the Upper Calder Valley. Issues of representation and varying place‐based capacities were also identified as relevant for flood resilience‐based policies. These results have larger implications for our understanding of the contributions of civil society actors to flood resilience and suggest that while they can deliver better local context‐specific approaches, there needs to be caution over the long‐term sustainability and longevity of their contributions.

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The Impact of Perceived Flood Exposure on Flood‐Risk Perception: The Role of Distance

The Impact of Perceived Flood Exposure on Flood‐Risk Perception: The Role of Distance

A strategy-based framework for assessing the flood resilience of cities – A Hamburg case study

Civil society contributions to local level flood resilience: Before, during and after the 2015 Boxing Day floods in the Upper Calder Valley

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