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Flood preparedness : thoughts, feelings and intentions of the Dutch public


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Terpstra, Teun (2010) Flood preparedness : thoughts, feelings and intentions of the Dutch public. thesis.

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Abstract:Despite the high levels of flood protection in the Netherlands, absolute
safety is not guaranteed. Preparing Dutch society for potential flood disasters,
including the preparedness of individual citizens, is one of the great challenges
in future flood risk management. This thesis is aimed at increasing the
understanding of citizens’ intentions in flood preparation. Knowledge of the
determinants of citizens’ behavioural intentions is indispensable for developing
well-founded, effective risk communication that is aimed at facilitating citizens’
flood preparedness decisions.
To study those behavioural intentions, we have adopted the Protective
Action Decision Model (PADM, Lindell & Perry, 2000, 2004) which provides a
social-psychological perspective on how people decide whether or not to prepare
for disasters. This thesis contains four studies. These studies draw from the data
that have been collected in three questionnaire surveys that were performed in
flood risk areas along the Dutch coast, branches of the rivers Rhine and Meuse,
and Lake Marken.
Item Type:Thesis
Link to this item:http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/69492
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036529549
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