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How Flood Experience and Risk Perception Influences Protective Actions and Behaviours among Canadian Homeowners

Environmental management (New York), 2018-02, Vol.61 (2), p.197-208 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2017 ;Environmental Management is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0364-152X ;EISSN: 1432-1009 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0969-2 ;PMID: 29234832

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Title:
How Flood Experience and Risk Perception Influences Protective Actions and Behaviours among Canadian Homeowners
Author: Thistlethwaite, Jason ; Henstra, Daniel ; Brown, Craig ; Scott, Daniel
Subjects: Adult ; Aged ; Aquatic Pollution ; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution ; Canada ; Demographics ; Demography ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Ecology ; Environment ; Environmental Management ; Female ; Flood control ; Flood damage ; Flood insurance ; Flood management ; Flood protection ; Flooding ; Floods ; Floods - statistics & numerical data ; Forestry Management ; Homeowners ; Humans ; Intention ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nature Conservation ; Perception ; Risk ; Risk management ; Risk Management - methods ; Risk Management - statistics & numerical data ; Risk perception ; Risk sharing ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Waste Water Technology ; Water Management ; Water Pollution Control
Is Part Of: Environmental management (New York), 2018-02, Vol.61 (2), p.197-208
Description: Canada is a country in the midst of a flood management policy transition that is shifting part of the flood damage burden from the state to homeowners. This transition—as well as the large financial losses resulting from flooding—have created a window of opportunity for Canada to implement strategies that increase property owners' capacity to avoid and absorb the financial and physical risks associated with flooding. This work presents foundational research into the extent to which Canadians' flood experience, perceptions of flood risks and socio-demographics shape their intentions and adoption of property level flood protection (PLFP). A bilingual, national survey was deployed in Spring 2016 and was completed by 2300 respondents across all 10 Canadian provinces. The survey was developed using assumptions in existing literature on flood risk behaviours and the determinants of flood risk management in similar jurisdictions. The paper argues that property owners are not willing to accept greater responsibility for flood risk as envisioned by recent policy changes. This finding is consistent with other OECD jurisdictions, where flood risk engagement strategies have been developed that could be replicated in Canada to encourage risk-sharing behaviour.
Publisher: New York: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0364-152X
EISSN: 1432-1009
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0969-2
PMID: 29234832
Source: MEDLINE
ProQuest Central

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How Flood Experience and Risk Perception Influences Protective Actions and Behaviours among Canadian Homeowners

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2017 ;Environmental Management is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0364-152X ;EISSN: 1432-1009 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0969-2 ;PMID: 29234832

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