Adaptation strategies of flood-damaged businesses in Germany
- Flood risk management in Germany follows an integrative approach in which both private households and businesses can make an important contribution to reducing flood damage by implementing property-level adaptation measures. While the flood adaptation behavior of private households has already been widely researched, comparatively less attention has been paid to the adaptation strategies of businesses. However, their ability to cope with flood risk plays an important role in the social and economic development of a flood-prone region. Therefore, using quantitative survey data, this study aims to identify different strategies and adaptation drivers of 557 businesses damaged by a riverine flood in 2013 and 104 businesses damaged by pluvial or flash floods between 2014 and 2017. Our results indicate that a low perceived self-efficacy may be an important factor that can reduce the motivation of businesses to adapt to flood risk. Furthermore, property-owners tended to act more proactively than tenants. In addition, high experience withFlood risk management in Germany follows an integrative approach in which both private households and businesses can make an important contribution to reducing flood damage by implementing property-level adaptation measures. While the flood adaptation behavior of private households has already been widely researched, comparatively less attention has been paid to the adaptation strategies of businesses. However, their ability to cope with flood risk plays an important role in the social and economic development of a flood-prone region. Therefore, using quantitative survey data, this study aims to identify different strategies and adaptation drivers of 557 businesses damaged by a riverine flood in 2013 and 104 businesses damaged by pluvial or flash floods between 2014 and 2017. Our results indicate that a low perceived self-efficacy may be an important factor that can reduce the motivation of businesses to adapt to flood risk. Furthermore, property-owners tended to act more proactively than tenants. In addition, high experience with previous flood events and low perceived response costs could strengthen proactive adaptation behavior. These findings should be considered in business-tailored risk communication.…
| Verfasserangaben: | Bianca Wutzler, Paul HudsonORCiDGND, Annegret ThiekenORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.932061 |
| ISSN: | 2624-9375 |
| Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Frontiers in Water |
| Verlag: | Frontiers Media SA |
| Verlagsort: | Lausanne, Schweiz |
| Sonstige beteiligte Person(en): | Heidi Kreibich, Kulkarni Shashikanth, Paola Salvati, Matthijs Kok |
| Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 26.09.2022 |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 02.02.2023 |
| Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Germany; climate change adaptation; disaster risk reduction; emergency management; floods; precaution; risk management |
| Seitenanzahl: | 13 |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Extern / Extern |
| Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie | |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
| Peer Review: | Referiert |
| Fördermittelquelle: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
| Publikationsweg: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
| Lizenz (Deutsch): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
| Externe Anmerkung: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 1304 |
