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The Benefits of Flood Warnings: Real But Elusive, and Politically Significant
Author(s) -
PenningRowsell E. C.,
Tunstall S. M.,
Tapsell S. M.,
Parker D. J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2000.tb00219.x
Subject(s) - flood myth , warning system , dissemination , business , flood warning , service (business) , information dissemination , computer security , early warning system , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , internet privacy , public relations , computer science , political science , marketing , environmental science , telecommunications , geography , world wide web , archaeology
Flood‐warning systems need to be seen as providing (a) forecasts of floods, (b) warnings to those at risk, and (c) in‐between arrangements for disseminating warning messages to those who need the information as a basis for their response. This ‘whole‐system’approach reveals that warning dissemination and public response are weak links in the communication chain, and that the public remains dissatisfied with the service which should be seamless and reflect an integrated approach. Research on several aspects of this system reveals significant and continuing problems of low performance, leading to the question as to whether the present institutional arrangements in the UK for flood warning are satisfactory.