Studying residents’ flood risk perceptions and sense of place to inform public participation in a Dutch river restoration project

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Bernadette F. van Heel & Riyan J.G van den Born To cite this article: Bernadette F. van Heel & Riyan J.G van den Born (2020): Studying residents' flood risk perceptions and sense of place to inform public participation in a Dutch river restoration project, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences,

Exploring the Factors That Influence Stakeholder Participation in Decision-Making for the Moat System Restoration Project in Tianchang City, China

“…Te hypothesis that stakeholder risk perceptions positively infuence stakeholder participation behavior was confrmed. Risk perception can infuence stakeholder participation behavior, and the notion that, if stakeholders have an awareness of frequent fooding problems, they are more likely to participate in river restoration projects was reiterated, which is consistent with the fndings of Hoti et al [107] and Van Heel et al [19]. Huang et al [108] recommended using nature-based solutions or adaptive management approaches to reduce food risk while mitigating the efects of climate change.…”

“…Previous academic research has examined the connection between stakeholder participation and river restoration through diferent lenses, such as investigating how attitude [18], risk perception [19], priority [20], trust in government [21], and knowledge [22] relate to stakeholder participation behavior. Likewise, Marsh et al [23] summarize the benefts of voluntary participation in restoration projects, such as how stakeholders should be involved in decision-making [24] and how stakeholders can be better involved in river restoration projects [25].…”

Flood Perception from Local Perspective of Rural Community vs. Geomorphological Control of Fluvial Processes in Large Alluvial Valley (the Middle Vistula River, Poland)

“…Using a questionnaire (Figure 2), which was developed for the semi-structured interview [46], we surveyed 287 interviewees (who live in ca. 30% of the total farmhouses in the gmina Wilków) in order to study the following issues: (i) how floodplain residents perceive the flood which they have survived, (ii) how they perceive the flood risk collectively and (iii) what is their sense of place [23].…”

“…The Netherlands is one of the countries most susceptible to flooding on Earth, but a flood defense system based on dykes (artificial levees) works so well there, that a flood has not occurred for decades [22]. As a result, Dutch floodplain residents perceive flood risk in their collective memory mostly on the basis of evacuation as a precaution during near flood episodes rather than real flooding events [23].…”