A comparative analysis of the relationship between flood experience and private flood mitigation behaviour in the regions of England

M.H. Barendrecht; S. McCarthy; A. Viglione

doi:10.1111/jfr3.12700

A comparative analysis of the relationship between flood experience and private flood mitigation behaviour in the regions of England

M.H. Barendrecht, S. McCarthy, A. Viglione

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© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Flood Risk Management published by Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.There has been a move towards a more integrated approach to flood risk management, which includes a stronger focus on property level measures. However, in England the uptake of these measures remains low. Flood experience has been found to influence preparedness (i.e., the uptake of measures), but even experience does not always result in an increase in preparedness. We investigate the variations in the relationship between experience and preparedness for the regions of England as defined by the Environment Agency. Analysis of survey data collected by the Environment Agency among the at risk population between 1997 and 2004 was undertaken to determine the differences between the seven regions. We find that in the South West, Southern and Anglian regions increases in preparedness with increasing experience are higher compared to other regions. In the Thames, Midlands and North West regions the preparedness increases less with increasing experience. We explore the influence of other factors influencing flood mitigation behaviour that have been previously found in the literature and find that the differences between regions are correlated with the severity of experienced flooding and whether English is the first language of the respondents.

Original language	English
Article number	e12700
Journal	Journal of Flood Risk Management
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12700
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Austrian Science Fund, Grant/Award Number: W1219‐N22; H2020 Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Actions, Grant/Award Number: 676027 Funding information The authors would like to thank the Environment Agency for the provision of the survey data that was used for the analyses in this article. The data that support the findings of this study may be requested from the Environment Agency. Also, the authors would like to thank D. Lun for his help with the two proportions ‐test and two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their useful comments to the original version of the article. The authors would like to acknowledge funding from the Marie Sklodowska‐Curie Innovative Training Network ‘A Large‐Scale Systems Approach to Flood Risk Assessment and Management‐SYSTEM‐RISK’ (grant agreement 676027)); and the FWF Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems (W1219‐N22). z The authors would like to thank the Environment Agency for the provision of the survey data that was used for the analyses in this article. The data that support the findings of this study may be requested from the Environment Agency. Also, the authors would like to thank D. Lun for his help with the two proportions z-test and two anonymous reviewers and the editor for their useful comments to the original version of the article. The authors would like to acknowledge funding from the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network ?A Large-Scale Systems Approach to Flood Risk Assessment and Management-SYSTEM-RISK? (grant agreement 676027)); and the FWF Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems (W1219-N22).

Funders	Funder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions	676027
Environment Agency
Austrian Science Fund	W1219‐N22

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