Risk Perception and Action to Reduce the Impact of Floods in
the Czech Republic

C 2018

Risk Perception and Action to Reduce the Impact of Floods in the Czech Republic

BERA, Mohan Kumar and Petr DANĚK

Basic information

Original name

Risk Perception and Action to Reduce the Impact of Floods in the Czech Republic

Authors

BERA, Mohan Kumar (356 India, guarantor) and Petr DANĚK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cham, Handbook of Climate Change Resilience, p. 1-16, 16 pp. Springer reference, 2018

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50704 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00113066

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-3-319-71025-9

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_31-1

Keywords in English

Flood; Disaster; Risk perception; Disaster reduction; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

In the Czech Republic, the increasing impacts of floods in the late twentieth century led local communities and governments to question the usefulness of conventional ways in reducing the risk of disaster. This chapter aims to understand how changes in risk perception and in the disaster management paradigm have influenced the strategies local communities and government use to reduce the risk of floods. It finds that the perception of risk has been changed by coordination between villagers and local governments, the acceptability of local leadership, social capital and social network, community resilience, a sense of community, and by changes in insurance policies. Villagers trust the local government’s efforts to reduce the impacts of floods, and the local government cannot overlook the people’s voice in disaster management measures. Clearly, both risk perception and consciousness of self-responsibility towards society influence people in the Czech Republic to engage in reducing the risk of disaster.

Citovat

BERA, Mohan Kumar and Petr DANĚK. Risk Perception and Action to Reduce the Impact of Floods in the Czech Republic. In Leal Filho. Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. Cham: Springer, 2018, p. 1-16. Springer reference. ISBN 978-3-319-71025-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_31-1.

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BERA, Mohan Kumar and Petr DANĚK. Risk Perception and Action to Reduce the Impact of Floods in the Czech Republic. In Leal Filho. \textit{Handbook of Climate Change Resilience}. Cham: Springer, 2018, p.~1-16. Springer reference. ISBN~978-3-319-71025-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9\_{}31-1.

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