Public attitudes towards flooding and property-level flood protection measures

Owusu, Seth; Wright, Grant; Arthur, Scott

doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1686-x

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“…In terms of recovery, higher income and education were found to lower expectations for government assistance. These findings are consistent with similar studies (particularly for income and home ownership) as property-owners with resources are more likely to adopt protective behaviours (Botzen, van den Bergh, & Aerts, 2008;Bubeck et al, 2012;Owusu et al, 2015).…”

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“…In Scotland, for example, Werritty et al () found that most survey respondents assigned primary responsibility for flood mitigation to local authorities (58%), followed by the Scottish Executive (42%), whereas homeowners were seen as carrying little responsibility (less than 20%). Similarly, in a survey of Scottish homeowners, Owusu et al () found that only 22% felt they were responsible for their own flood mitigation, whereas over 70% felt that government was responsible.…”

Section: Personal Responsibility and Protective Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This finding suggests that policies to improve awareness and acceptance of shared responsibility are an important priority as Canada moves further towards integrated FRM. In presenting these results, the article adds a Canadian perspective to existing research findings from similar surveys conducted in other countries, such as England (Bichard & Kazmierczak, ), the Netherlands (Terpstra & Gutteling, ), and Scotland (Owusu, Wright, & Arthur, ; Werritty, Houston, Ball, Tavendale, & Black, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Flood risk management and shared responsibility: Exploring Canadian public attitudes and expectations

Henstra

Thistlethwaite

Brown

et al. 2018

J Flood Risk Management

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One of the central tenets of the flood risk management (FRM) paradigm is that responsibility for flood mitigation and recovery must be shared with stakeholders other than governments, including property‐owners themselves. However, existing research suggests that this imperative is unlikely to be effective unless property‐owners demonstrate a sense of personal responsibility and are willing to undertake protective behaviours. In Canada, several recent policy changes have effectively transferred more responsibility to homeowners, but it is unclear whether Canadians are ready to accept this obligation. This article presents results from a national survey of Canadians living in high‐risk flood areas, which probed their attitudes concerning the division of responsibility for flood mitigation and recovery among governments, insurers and homeowners, as well as their willingness to adopt protective behaviours. The survey, which received 2,300 responses from all 10 provinces, indicates that Canadians are willing to accept some responsibility, but for most this perceived responsibility is insufficient to influence their decisions on mitigation and recovery. Governments in Canada could learn from jurisdictions that have addressed this disconnect through policies designed to improve awareness of FRM among property‐owners.

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Flood risk management and shared responsibility: Exploring Canadian public attitudes and expectations

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Brown

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J Flood Risk Management

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“…The response rate of 17.5% was calculated using guidelines from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) [31], and this was lower than [16] (27%) but exceeded other surveys, such as [11] (8%). It is in line (17%) with an urban flooding Contingent Valuation study [32]. Furthermore, the online survey added a further 140 responses with a completion rate of 84% (n = 238).…”

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Valuing Multiple Benefits, and the Public Perception of SUDS Ponds

Jarvie

Arthur

Beevers

2017

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Understanding how the public perceive and value ponds is fundamental to appreciate the synergy between Sustainable urban Drainage (SUDS) ponds and the multiple benefits they provide. This paper investigates this, through the application of a structured postal and online survey, for a case study area of Edinburgh, in the UK. It compares man-made ponds (including SUDS), and ponds with natural origins. The results from Whole Life Cost show that the benefits (based on Contingent Valuation) exceed the CAPEX and OPEX costs for three of five artificial ponds studied. Benefits from natural (reference) ponds exceed the replacement costs for a pond with the same surface area/catchment. This paper highlights the importance of monetising the multiple benefits from ponds.

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“…Flood resilience measures can be characterized either as water exclusion or water entry strategies (Rose, et al 2016). At property level, water entry resilience measures, such as replacing permeable materials with water-resistant materials, using resilient wall plasters, replacing kitchen and bathroom units with plastic units and raising electrical sockets, are designed to minimize flood damages when floodwater actually enters a property (Owusu, Wright and Arthur 2015). Water exclusion strategies include measures; like elevation of structure above expected flood level, dry floodproofing, and flood barriers (Maqsood, et al 2016); designed to keep flood water from entering a property.…”

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Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach

Oladokun

Proverbs

Lamond

2017

IJBPA

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Flood resilience is emerging as a major component of an integrated strategic approach to flood risk management. This approach recognizes that some flooding is inevitable and aligns with the concept of ‗living with water'. Flood resilience measurement has been recognized as key for making the business case for investments in resilient retrofits and adaptations and, could potentially be used to inform the design of new developments where there is a risk of flooding.The literature is however sparse on frameworks for quantifying or measuring the level of resilience of flood prone households. This study describes the development of a fuzzy logic based flood resilience measuring model, drawing on a synthesis of extant flood resilience and fuzzy logic literature. An abstraction of the flood resilience system followed by identification and characterisation of systems' variables and parameters were carried out. The resulting model was transformed into a fuzzy inference system (FIS) using three input factors; Inherent resilience (IR), Supportive Facilities (SF) and, Resident Capacity (RC). The resulting fuzzy inference system generates resilience index for households with a wide range of techno-economic and socio-environmental features. . It is concluded that the fuzzy logic based model provides a veritable tool for the measurement of flood resilience at the level of the individual property, and with the potential to be further developed for larger scale applications i.e. at the community or regional levels.

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Public attitudes towards flooding and property-level flood protection measures

Cited by 52 publications

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Flood risk management and shared responsibility: Exploring Canadian public attitudes and expectations

Flood risk management and shared responsibility: Exploring Canadian public attitudes and expectations

Valuing Multiple Benefits, and the Public Perception of SUDS Ponds

Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach

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