People at risk of flooding: Why some residents take precautionary action while others do not

Natural Hazards

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-120

  Grothmann, Torsten ^a   Reusswig, Fritz ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Damage mitigation; Flood preparedness; Natural disasters; Protection motivation; Self efficacy; Self protective behavior

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; COLOGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 33645848461     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-8604-6     Document Type: Article

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