Integrating risk perceptions into flood risk management: Trinidad case study

Thongs, Gabrielle

doi:10.1007/s11069-019-03720-2

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“…This approach adds to the existing body of literature around integrating local and scientific knowledge for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (Mercer et al 2010;Hiwasaki et al 2014;Alessa et al 2016;Makondo and Thomas 2018), recognizing the varied challenges in reconciling, translating, and synthesizing different forms of knowledge (Raymond et al 2010). Rather than developing a comprehensive ''composite'' environmental risk assessment using both local knowledge and data-driven approaches (Cubelos et al 2019;Thongs 2019), we adopt a more narrative-driven approach, highlighting how different forms of knowledge and understanding can be seen as component parts of an overall ''story'' that aids in place-based understanding to inform adaptation planning. Elements of our approach could be transferable to other geographic locations and sociocultural settings, inviting collaboration between local communities and representatives of relevant government agencies to codesign knowledge products.…”

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“Listening to the Sounds of the Water”: Bringing Together Local Knowledge and Biophysical Data to Understand Climate-Related Hazard Dynamics

Pauli

Williams

Henningsen

et al. 2021

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Integrating local knowledge and scientific information can aid in co-developing locally relevant approaches for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Communities along the Mekong River have adapted to variability in temperature, rainfall, and flooding patterns over time. Rapid environmental change in the Mekong Basin presents a new set of challenges related to drought, altered seasonal rainfall, more frequent high-flow flood events, and water withdrawals for hydropower and irrigation. We present a multi-method approach to understand how local knowledge of the spatial and temporal patterns of floods, droughts, and rainfall can be integrated with scientific information along a flood-prone section of the lower Mekong River in Kratie Province, Cambodia. Participatory hazard mapping of community members’ knowledge of the movement of floodwaters through the landscape enabled interpretation of flood extent mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar images from the Sentinel-1A satellite. Seasonal calendars of weather patterns and livelihood activities, together with local indicators of flooding, rainfall, and drought were compared with trends in 35 years of rainfall data, and highlighted “pressure points” at the beginning and end of the rainy season where agriculture may be particularly impacted by climate change. We discuss potential applications of our findings for adaptation and hazard planning.

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“Listening to the Sounds of the Water”: Bringing Together Local Knowledge and Biophysical Data to Understand Climate-Related Hazard Dynamics

Pauli

Williams

Henningsen

et al. 2021

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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“…In Using Two-Eyed Seeing to bridge Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge systems…, the authors explain how two-eyed seeing is similar to the Two Row wampum 1 , where Indigenous and Western knowledges exist concurrently, and can be used to complement each other (Abu, R. et al, 2020). By using this approach, the research intends to enhance the current academic 1 Wampum: See Glossary understandings of the social reproduction of risk, risk management, and assessment of risk from different perspectives, especially Indigenous perspectives (Mercer, L., et al, 2010;Oulahen, et al, 2018;Throngs, G., 2019). Two-eyed seeing is the appropriate method for this thesis because there is a desperate need to understand the generational relationships connected to this island, as both Indigenous Peoples and residents of Toronto Island have a connection to the Islands that is undeniable (MCFN 2017;Gibson 1984).…”

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Indigenous and Settler Perspectives of Risks and Rewards on Toronto Island

Black

2024

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<p><em>Indigenous and Settler Perspectives of Risks and Rewards on Toronto Island </em>is a study of land and water relationships in the places we now know as Toronto and Toronto Island. The study draws on the true understanding of treaties and treaty rights from an Indigenous perspective. It shows how some consultation practices that colonial governance frameworks use today have incorporated Indigenous Knowledges but they still have a far way to go before truly recognizing Indigenous self-determination and the need for Indigenous Peoples to be seen as inherent rightsholders, especially in land management and Great Lakes water governance. The study focuses on the understanding of land and water from Indigenous perspectives and suggests modes of incorporating these understandings to address major issues that affect Toronto Island and Toronto Harbour, including water quality, contamination, and flooding due to over-development in the Great Lakes Basin. This thesis takes a two-eyed seeing approach wherein fifteen qualitative interviews were conducted with Indigenous knowledge-keepers and Toronto Island residents or water quality experts. The questions addressed the social construction of environmental risks and rewards by asking about the Toronto Purchase, Great Lakes water quality, and land use on Toronto Island. The knowledge learned from the qualitative interviews is contextualized in a historical analysis to help frame treaty rights, water governance and relationships with lands and waters from a story-telling perspective to amplify Indigenous voices in the sciences and explain the importance of Indigenous self-determination to enhance land and water management processes.</p>

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“…It was predicted that climate change and heavy rainfall were more frequent and intense with high reliability (Rifat & Liu, 2022;Steinhausen et al, 2021), and significantly increased urban flood risk, especially in developing countries (Zhu et al, 2021). Despite the substantial financial investment and mitigation efforts, floods continued to pose a serious threat to human society in the foreseeable future (Thongs, 2019;Ke Zhang et al, 2022). It was imperative to adopt effective flood management for sustainable development.…”

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Unbalanced relationship between flood risk perception and flood preparedness from the perspective of response intention and socio-economic factors: a case study of Nanjing, China

Li,

Wang

2024

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Abstract. Although risk perception and flood preparedness were crucial in flood management, perceived flood risk was not always translated into flood preparedness. It was essential to investigate the potential association between risk perception and flood preparedness. This study focused on Nanjing as the research region, designed questionnaire survey and explored the influence relationship between risk perception and flood preparedness. Participants showed the medium perception of food risk and higher flood preparedness. Higher risk perception was observed in individuals with regular exercising, the elderly, low education level and long living time. Higher flood preparedness occurred among groups of females, the elderly and high education level. Individuals relied more on threat appraisal to perceive risk, which failed to trigger high enough coping appraisal. Inadequate risk perception led to a strenuous transform into flood preparedness with unbalanced relationship. Groups with distinct socio-economic characteristics exhibited varying preferences to achieve risk perception and flood preparedness. Females relied more on flood knowledge to perceive flood risk. Path analysis suggested that threat appraisal transformed into flood preparedness under the effect of response intention and social-economic features. Groups with high education level or bad health were more likely to perceive risk and engage in preventive behavior. These findings could provide critical insights into intervention strategies for enhancing public flood preparedness in flood management.

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Integrating risk perceptions into flood risk management: Trinidad case study

Cited by 12 publications

References 49 publications

“Listening to the Sounds of the Water”: Bringing Together Local Knowledge and Biophysical Data to Understand Climate-Related Hazard Dynamics

“Listening to the Sounds of the Water”: Bringing Together Local Knowledge and Biophysical Data to Understand Climate-Related Hazard Dynamics

Indigenous and Settler Perspectives of Risks and Rewards on Toronto Island

Unbalanced relationship between flood risk perception and flood preparedness from the perspective of response intention and socio-economic factors: a case study of Nanjing, China

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