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Social perceptions of floods and flood management in a Mediterranean area (Costa Brava, Spain)

Taking as an example three study cases in the Costa Brava area, this paper examines the social perception of floods through surveys, interviews and Focus Group sessions. Perception is then related to vulnerability, flood management, and citizen’s preferences regarding alternatives to curb flood losses in the future. The study concludes that flood awareness and the willingness to take actions regarding this hazard are clearly related to the degree of social involvement with the affairs of the local community. Furthermore, participatory settings such as Focus Group sessions appear to enable a better environment for assessing and implementing flood management options that attempt to modify human activities rather than modify natural processes as has been frequently the case in the past

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2010, núm. 10, p. 2081-2091

European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Author: Lara San Martín, Alejandro
Saurí Pujol, David
Ribas Palom, Anna
Pavón, David
Date: 2010
Abstract: Taking as an example three study cases in the Costa Brava area, this paper examines the social perception of floods through surveys, interviews and Focus Group sessions. Perception is then related to vulnerability, flood management, and citizen’s preferences regarding alternatives to curb flood losses in the future. The study concludes that flood awareness and the willingness to take actions regarding this hazard are clearly related to the degree of social involvement with the affairs of the local community. Furthermore, participatory settings such as Focus Group sessions appear to enable a better environment for assessing and implementing flood management options that attempt to modify human activities rather than modify natural processes as has been frequently the case in the past
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ISSN: 1561-8633 (versió paper)
1684-9981 (versió electrònica)
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/7478
Language: eng
Publisher: European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Collection: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-2081-2010
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Is part of: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2010, núm. 10, p. 2081-2091
Rights: Attribution 3.0 Spain
Rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Subject: Inundacions -- Control -- Catalunya -- Costa Brava
Flood control -- Catalonia -- Costa Brava
Gestió del risc -- Catalunya -- Costa Brava
Risk management -- Catalonia -- Costa Brava
Title: Social perceptions of floods and flood management in a Mediterranean area (Costa Brava, Spain)
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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