PERCEPTION OF RISK AND MANAGING FLOOD DISASTER: A CASE STUDY OF RURAL COMMUNITY IN CZECH REPUBLIC
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BATA CONFERENCE FOR PH.D. STUDENTS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS (DOKBAT) |
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| Web | http://dokbat.utb.cz/wp-content/uploads/DOKBAT2016.pdf |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.7441/dokbat.2016.06 |
| Keywords | Floods; Risk Perception; Disaster Management; Dyje River; Czech Republic |
| Description | Risk is a combined outcome of hazard and vulnerability. Level of perception of risk varies with changing nature of hazards and vulnerability and impacts of risk. Perception also varies with individual/community awareness, preparedness and coping capacity with risk. Therefore needs of every individual/community for risk reduction are different with context, time and space. There are certain factors that influence people to involve in dealing with uncertainty and unfamiliar future. People in the Czech Republic become survivor of frequent flood disasters in last couple of decades. There is a relationship between increasing frequency of floods and climatic variations which has been widely experienced in Central European countries. As a result, conventional top-down approach of the government is slowly accepting the importance of communities and community based institutions in disaster risk reduction. Rural areas in Czech Republic are economically backward and villagers mainly depend on farming, tourism, wood processing, and food processing industries. Increasing frequency of flood disasters in last couple of decades has damaged properties and loss of lives that directly affected people living near the rivers and streams. The Research has been exploring the people perception of risk and adaptation with the changing governance system to cope with increasing frequency of flood disasters in Czech Republic. |