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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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
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50704 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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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
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Abstract
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.
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