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Let’s talk about flood risk
- Private flood protection measures can help reduce potential damage from flooding. Few intervention studies currently exist that systematically evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication methods. To address this gap, we evaluated a series of six workshops (N = 115) on private flood protection in flood-prone areas in Germany that covers different aspects of flood protection for individual households. Applying mixed-model analysis, significant increases in self-efficacy, subjective knowledge, and protection motivation were observed. Younger participants, as well as participants who reported lower levels of previous knowledge or no flood experience, showed a higher increase in self-efficacy and knowledge. Results suggest that a workshop can be an effective risk communication tool, raising awareness and motivating behaviour among residents of flood-prone areas.
Author details: | Anna HeidenreichORCiDGND, Torsten MassonORCiDGND, Sebastian BambergORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101880 |
ISSN: | 2212-4209 |
Title of parent work (English): | International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR |
Subtitle (English): | evaluating a series of workshops on private flood protection |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | Amsterdam [u.a.] |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/09/22 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Release date: | 2023/07/13 |
Tag: | flooding; intervention program; natural hazard; protection motivation theory; self-efficacy |
Volume: | 50 |
Article number: | 101880 |
Number of pages: | 10 |
Funding institution: | transnational E-RARE grant `CCMCURE (DFG)European Commission [SFB958]; E-RARE [ERL 138397]; Canadian; Institutes for Health ResearchCanadian Institutes of Health Research; (CIHR) [PJT 153000]; the E-RARE grant `CCMCURE |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |