Risk perception and knowledge of protective measures for flood risk planning. The case study of Brindisi (Puglia region)

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dc.citation.volume153en_US
dc.contributor.authorSantoro, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorTotaro, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorLovreglio, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorCamarda, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorIacobellis, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorFratino, Uen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:53:55Z
dc.date.available2022-09-01en_US
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:53:55Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-01en_US
dc.description.abstractFloods are among the most frequent natural hazards, and flood risk management is a paramount task when planning solutions to reduce their impact on communities. In the last decades, policy makers' actions for flood risk management have been redirected from purely physical self-protective measures towards integrated management strategies by including social components. Assessing flood risk perception and the level of knowledge of citizens regarding protective measures is becoming a pillar for generating innovative flood integrated management strategies. This study aims to highlight multiple aspects which can influence flood risk management in urban areas, providing a preliminary assessment of citizens’ flood risk perception and knowledge of protective measures. Proposed methodology is based on E-survey in order to gather data and Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests to analyze them and has been applied to the case study of Brindisi (Puglia region, Southern Italy). The results suggest that flood risk perception depends on intrinsic components of individuals, mainly related to trust in public strategies and risk communication. It depends on hazard proximity but is uniformly distributed over the whole city, demonstrating that the perception of flood risk can not be related only to river floods. Knowledge of protective measures appears uniformly low by category of citizens and territorial area, particularly for teenagers. The methodological approach has allowed to bring out how the different nature of floods could produce a spatial and social heterogeneity in citizens’ flood risk perception and knowledge of protective measures, revealing latent risk features useful for supporting flood risk planning.en_US
dc.description.publication-statusPublisheden_US
dc.identifier.citationSafety Science, 2022, 153en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105791en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1879-1042en_US
dc.identifier.elements-id453568
dc.identifier.issn0925-7535en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71116
dc.relation.isPartOfSafety Scienceen_US
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25248
dc.relation.replaces123456789/25248
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC-NDen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.enen
dc.subject.anzsrc09 Engineeringen_US
dc.subject.anzsrc11 Medical and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.anzsrc17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciencesen_US
dc.titleRisk perception and knowledge of protective measures for flood risk planning. The case study of Brindisi (Puglia region)en_US
dc.typeJournal Article
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Sciences/School of Built Environment
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