While the methods of risk analysis are generally based on objective measurements, the
subjective assessment of risk, such as risk perception, is currently considered a crucial …

Flood hazards are the most common and destructive of all natural disasters. For decades,
experts have been examining how flood losses can be mitigated. Just as in other risk …

Natural hazards, such as major flood events, are occurring with increasing frequency and
inflicting increasing levels of financial damages upon affected communities. The experience …

Flood damages have increased in many regions around the world, and they are expected to
continue to rise in the future due to climate change. To reverse this trend, awareness of flood …

As climate change is intensifying the frequency and severity of floods around the globe,
adaptation is increasingly vital. Besides structural measures to mitigate flood risk, non …

The study of flood risk perception factors can be considered by using different paradigms. In
an attempt to understand risk perception, two basic paradigms can be distinguished …

Understanding and improving public flood risk perception is conducive to the
implementation of effective flood risk management and disaster reduction policies. In the …

The importance of public perceptions and their role in climate change adaptation for
infrastructure has been highlighted in previous studies. However, public perception of water …

This article investigates the determinants of flood risk perceptions in New Orleans, Louisiana
(United States), a deltaic coastal city highly vulnerable to seasonal nuisance flooding and …

This paper advances scholarly debate on the contradictions of environmental risk
management measures by analyzing the determinants of flood insurance coverage among a …