Flood perception and mitigation: The role of severity, agency, and experience in the purchase of flood protection, and the communication of flood information

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3023-3038

  Soane, Emma ^a   Schubert, Iljana ^b   Challenor, Peter ^c   Lunn, Rebecca ^d   Narendran, Sunitha ^b   pollard, Simon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HOMEOWNER; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 78650386332     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43238     Document Type: Article

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