Prevention, adaptation, and threat denial: Flooding experiences in the Netherlands

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1759-1778

  Zaalberg, Ruud ^a   Midden, Cees ^a   Meijnders, Anneloes ^b   McCalley, Teddy ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Coping; Emotion; Flood experience; SEM

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE APPRAISAL; COPING; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; KEY FACTORS; LOSS OF LIFE; MATERIAL LOSS; NETHERLANDS; SEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

FLOODS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTIVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FLOODING; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THREAT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 72249115110     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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