Prevention, adaptation, and threat denial : flooding experiences in the Netherlands
Delta areas such as the Netherlands are more and more at risk of future flooding due to global climate change. Motivating residents living in flood-prone areas to effectively cope with local floods may lead to minimization of material losses and loss of life. The aim of this research was to investigate whether the extent to which residents had been exposed to flooding in the past was a key factor in motivating residents to effectively cope with future flooding. We also focused on the psychological variables that mediated this relationship. We conducted a survey (N = 516) among flood victims an... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article / Letter to the editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26829878 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repository.tue.nl/684581 |