Italy is a country highly vulnerable to floods and landslides. The present study aims to
investigate disaster preparedness and perception of flood risk in a group of people living in …

The low risk awareness of the residents living in flood-prone areas is usually considered
among the main causes of their low preparedness, which in turns generates inadequate …

Delta areas such as the Netherlands are more and more at risk of future flooding due to
global climate change. Motivating residents living in flood‐prone areas to effectively cope …

A survey of G erman public officials responsible for municipal flood management along the
R hine has been carried out to assess their perceptions of flood risk and protective …

For exposed and vulnerable communities, the perception of natural risk is an essential link
in the analysis of man–environment coping relationship and also an important parameter in …

Self-protective behavior by residents of flood-prone urban areas can reduce monetary flood
damage by 80%, and reduce the need for public risk management. But, research on the …

A synthesis is presented of the social psychological process that explains how members of
the public receive, process, and eventually come to take protective actions in response to …

Protection motivation theory (PMT) has become a popular theory to explain the risk‐
reducing behavior of residents against natural hazards. PMT captures the two main …

Despite the high levels of flood protection in the Netherlands, absolute safety is not
guaranteed. Preparing Dutch society for potential flood disasters, including the …

During the last decade, most European countries have produced hazard maps of natural
hazards, but little is known about how to communicate these maps most efficiently to the …