What is a flood? Risk perceptions and decisions

What is a flood? Risk perceptions and decisions - Understanding Risk

Flood risk perception is the assessment of the probability of hazard and the probability of results perceived by society and is a key aspect of flood risk ...

What determines flood risk perception? A review of factors of flood ...

Risk perception is regarded as an assessment of the perceived probability of hazard and the perceived probability of the results (most often— ...

Flood risk perception and responses among urban residents in the ...

Drawing on behavioral decision theory, protection motivation theory, and the protective action decision model, we examine the roles risk salience and immediacy, ...

Understanding Individual Flood Risk Perceptions and Flood ...

INFORMED DECISIONS ON CATASTROPHE RISK. Understanding Individual Flood Risk Perceptions and Flood Insurance Choices to Build More Resilient Communities: A ...

Flood Risk Perceptions and Insurance Choice: Do Decisions in the ...

We use a formal test for overoptimism in risk perceptions and find that, on aggregate, floodplain residents are overly optimistic about flood risks. Topics.

Risk perception and the choice to live in flood risk zones? - Digi-Face

This systematic review looks beyond the physical and economic dimensions and asks if people's appreciation of risks have a place in their decision to live in ...

Flood risk perceptions: Accuracy, determinants, and the role of ...

In both cases they find residents to generally be over-optimistic in their perceptions of flood risk. Elicitation of the perceived probability ...

Flood Risk Perceptions and Insurance Choice: Do Decisions in the ...

In the presence of rare disasters, risk perceptions may not always align with actual risks. These perceptions can nevertheless influence an individual's ...

Flood Risk and Preventive Choices: A Framework for Studying ...

The topic of flood phenomena has always been of considerable importance due to the high risks it entails, both in terms of potential economic and social ...

Approaches in research on flood risk perception and their ...

The study of flood risk perception factors can be considered by using different paradigms. In an attempt to understand risk perception, ...

Drivers and dimensions of flood risk perceptions - HAL

Here, individual decisions under risk can be based on the imperfect knowledge of actual risks, such as awareness of living in a flood zone. We ...

Factors of influence on flood risk perceptions related to Hurricane ...

The decisions and actions taken by individuals are thought to be influenced by risk perceptions. This study investigates the determinants ...

A Review of Risk Perceptions and Other Factors that Influence Flood ...

Individuals adopt flood-mitigation measures if they perceive that the hazard threat to them (threat appraisal) is high, and if they feel that ...

Community risk perception for flood management: A structural ...

The importance of considering risk perception for the support of flood risk management is widely recognised. Therefore, evaluating citizens' ...

Communities' risk perceptions lessen flood hazards impact - Nature

Integrating risk perception elements can support decision-makers to target measures to reduce the vulnerability of infrastructure and increase ...

Factors of influence on flood risk perceptions related to Hurricane ...

Risk perceptions form an integral part of decision theories in behavioural economics and psychology, which postulate that perceiving a high risk ...

Flood Risk Perceptions and Insurance Choice: Do Decisions in the ...

We confirm that flood insurance purchase is linked to perceptions of flood likelihood and damages. These perceptions can, in turn, be ...

How does your viewing perspective matter for decision-making with ...

The influence of the viewing perspective of mapped flood events on human risk perception has not yet been a research focus of the geovisualization community.

Divergence between individual perceptions and objective indicators ...

The model results are first presented in this section, first for general flood risk awareness, then for quantitative perceptions of the likelihood and impact of ...

Risk Perceptions and Flood Insurance: Insights from Homeowners ...

The regression results suggest perceived damages, risk tolerance, wealth exposure, and flood zone are robust determinants of flood insurance purchase.