The missing link between flood risk awareness and preparedness: findings from case studies in an Alpine Region

The low risk awareness of the residents living in flood-prone areas is usually considered among the main causes of their low preparedness, which in turns generates inadequate response to natural disasters. In this paper, we challenge this assumption by reporting on the results of a sociological rese...

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Published in:	Natural hazards (Dordrecht) Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 499 - 520
Main Authors:	Scolobig, Anna, De Marchi, B., Borga, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2012 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Alpine region Alpine regions Alps Attitude surveys Authority Civil Engineering Communities Disasters Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Emergency preparedness Environment Environmental Management Environmental policy Environmental risk Floods Geophysics/Geodesy Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Households Hydrogeology Italians Links Natural disasters Natural Hazards Networks Original Paper Questionnaires Research design Risk Risk assessment Preparedness Flood risk awareness Attitude-behaviour link Communication strategies
ISSN:	0921-030X, 1573-0840
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