Berghäuser, Lisa
[Author]
;
Thieken, Annegret
[Degree supervisor];
Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.
[Degree supervisor];
Vafeidis, Athanasios
[Degree supervisor]Universität Potsdam
Adaptation to flood risk over time - from quantification to prediction of adaptation behaviour of households living in flood-prone areas
University thesis:
Dissertation, Universität Potsdam, 2024
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Description:
In 2021 alone, out of 432 damaging events worldwide, 223 were floods that caused USD 74.4 billion in damage (out of a total of USD 252.1 billion, 30 %) and affected 29.2 million people worldwide (CRED, 2022). The participation of private households in the form of self-precaution is an important, complementary part of integrated flood risk management, as property-level precautionary measures can significantly reduce damage in the event of flooding. Precautionary measures could include, for example, moving oil heating to higher, flood-proof floors or installing mobile water barriers. It has been shown that not all potentially affected households take precautions. It is therefore important to investigate which factors influence the adaptation or non-adaptation of residents in flood-prone areas. According to the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), important factors are, for example, how threatening floods are perceived to be for one's own household (risk perception) and whether one feels able to implement measures oneself (self ...