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Swimming alone? Why linking flood risk perception and behavior requires more than “it's the individual, stupid”
WIREs Water ( IF 8.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-14 , DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1462
Samuel Rufat 1, 2 , Alexander Fekete 3 , Iuliana Armaş 4 , Thomas Hartmann 5, 6 , Christian Kuhlicke 7, 8 , Tim Prior 9 , Thomas Thaler 10 , Ben Wisner 11
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A common assertion in discussions of flooding is that risk perception is critical and is linked to risk‐mitigating behavior. Furthermore, many assert that the adverse effects of floods could be reduced by changes in risk communication, thereby influencing risk perception to foster mitigating behavior. We argue that these assertions are based on quite questionable underlying assumptions: That stakeholders are generally aware of flood risk, that they have the capacity to engage in disaster risk reduction, and that their actions can be effective. The belief in and policies influenced by these three questionable assertions support, in turn, policies that shift responsibility for flood risk reduction onto individuals and homeowners, without regard for social and spatial justice issues. In contrast, we argue that context matters to understanding the complexity of the relation between flood risk perception and behavior, local power relations, and other constraints and opportunities that affect stakeholders. While the academic community has long played a pivotal role in supporting practical flood risk management, future research should take a more critical perspective on the underlying assumptions and focus on improving coordination across theories, methods, and variables, fostering comparative studies across disciplines, contexts, and scales.

中文翻译:

独自游泳?为什么要将洪水风险的感知与行为联系起来,需要的不仅仅是“这是个人的,愚蠢的”

洪水泛滥讨论中的一个普遍主张是,风险感知至关重要,并且与缓解风险的行为有关。此外,许多人断言,可以通过风险沟通的变化来减少洪水的不利影响,从而影响风险感知以促进缓解行为。我们认为,这些主张基于相当可疑的基本假设:利益相关者通常意识到洪水风险,他们有能力进行减少灾害风险,并且他们的行动是有效的。这三个可疑断言的信念和政策反过来支持将洪水风险降低的责任转移到个人和房主的政策,而不考虑社会和空间正义问题。相反,我们认为,情境对于理解洪水风险感知与行为,地方权力关系以及影响利益相关者的其他约束和机会之间关系的复杂性至关重要。尽管学术界长期以来在支持实际洪水风险管理方面发挥着举足轻重的作用,但未来的研究应该对基本假设采取更为批判的观点,并着重于改善理论,方法和变量之间的协调性,促进跨学科,不同背景的比较研究,和规模。
更新日期:2020-07-14
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