Open AccessDo flood risk perceptions provide useful insights for flood risk management? Findings from central V ietnam
Author(s) -
Bubeck P.,
Botzen W.J.W.,
Suu L.T.T.,
Aerts J.C.J.H.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of flood risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.049
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1753-318X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-318x.2012.01151.x
Subject(s) - flood myth , risk perception , flood risk management , risk management , risk communication , business , perception , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , environmental resource management , geography , psychology , environmental science , finance , archaeology , neuroscience
Following the renewed attention for non‐structural flood risk reduction measures implemented at the household level, there has been an increased interest in individual flood risk perceptions. The reason for this is the commonly‐made assumption that flood risk perceptions drive the motivation of individuals to undertake flood risk mitigation measures, as well as the public's demand for flood protection, and therefore provide useful insights for flood risk management. This study empirically examines these assumptions by presenting data from a survey conducted among 300 households in central V ietnam. The main implications for flood risk communication and the stimulation of precautionary behaviour are that the current predominant focus on flood risk perceptions in the academic literature, and risk communication policy is not supported. Hence, the study provides an important contribution to the existing literature that mainly studies flood risk perceptions in developed countries.