Why People Live in Flood-Prone Areas in Akuressa, Sri Lanka

Askman, Johan; Nilsson, Olof; Becker, Per

doi:10.1007/s13753-018-0167-8

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“…Most households, meanwhile, may not be ready to face this change due to a lack of occupational skills. From this result, we first reassert the previous findings of Tyas (2018) and Askman et al (2018) on the binding between maintaining livelihoods and living in flood-prone areas. We also expose the inconsistency in designing and implementing development policies that may push residents into unfavorable and sometimes dangerous situations.…”

Section: Comparison Of Constraints Between Rural and Suburban Villagessupporting

confidence: 78%

Long-Term Improvement in Precautions for Flood Risk Mitigation: A Case Study in the Low-Lying Area of Central Vietnam

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Ubukata

Nguyen

et al. 2021

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Local actors appear as inseparable components of the integrated flood risk mitigation strategy in Vietnam. Recognizing this fact, this study examined the long-term improvement in precautions taken by commune authorities and households between two major floods in 1999 and 2017 by applying both quantitative and qualitative methods. Two flood-prone villages were selected for a survey; one in a rural area and the other in a suburban area of Thua Thien Hue Province, central Vietnam. The findings indicate that most villagers doubted the structural works’ efficacy and were dissatisfied with the current efforts of local authorities. Households’ self-preparation thus became the decisive factor in mitigating risk. While most households have paid greater attention to flood precautions in 2017, others seem to be lagging. Poverty-related barriers were the root causes restraining households in both rural and suburban villages. The suburban riverine residents were further identified as vulnerable by their limitations in upgrading structural measures, which was ascribed to the inconsistency in the ancient town’s preservation policy. This multidimensional comparison, in terms of vulnerability, emphasized the importance of space-function links in the suburb and the contradictions of different policy initiatives, such as landscape rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and livelihood maintenance.

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Section: Comparison Of Constraints Between Rural and Suburban Villagessupporting

confidence: 78%

Long-Term Improvement in Precautions for Flood Risk Mitigation: A Case Study in the Low-Lying Area of Central Vietnam

Định

Ubukata

Nguyen

et al. 2021

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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“…Individuals and households are increasingly encouraged to undertake measures to reduce their exposure to flood risk or its impacts (Appleby-Arnold et al , 2018). Understanding these beliefs and how they influence individual adaptation actions is essential for flood risk management, as it helps flood risk managers to plan for the unexpected (Hartmann, 2012).…”

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Perceptions and deeply held beliefs about responsibility for flood risk adaptation in Accra Ghana

Tasantab

Gajendran

Meding

et al. 2020

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Purpose Climate change is predicted to increase the vulnerability of urban populations to flood hazards. Against this backdrop, flood risk adaptation has become pertinent. However, in Ghana, current flood risk management practice is fostered by a reactive culture. There is limited research on how communities and government agencies are engaging with flood risk adaptation in improving resilience. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the culture of communities and agencies through the cultural theory of risk (CTR), towards understanding the flood risk adaptation in Accra, Ghana. Culture is deciphered using the beliefs held by residents and public agency officials. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology, underpinned by the constructivist paradigm, was adopted to understand factors that influence flood risk adaptation in informal settlements. Data was gathered using household and institutional interviews in Glefe, Accra, Ghana. Findings The results show that both disaster risk management institutions and community members are deeply concerned about current and future flood risk. However, their cultural beliefs concerning flood risk and adaptation are contradictory, broadly framed by fatalist, individualist and hierarchist beliefs. The contradictory emergent beliefs contribute to a clash of expectations and create uncertainty about how to respond to flood risk, impacting the implementation of required adaptation measures. Developing a collaborative flood risk management framework and a shared understanding of adaptation approaches may be a better alternative. Originality/value This paper advances understanding of how culture influences flood risk adaptation in developing country context.

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“…A meaningful reason for staying in areas at risk of flooding is the difficulty in moving to other places. The difficulties of relocating in a flood situation were previously pointed out in studies in the area with justifications such as the lack of a place to live, a lack of money or the absence of an equivalent place to live 31 . They are all expressed by W in the excerpt below.…”

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Risk perception and hierarchy of risks related to recurrent floods in a regularized urban area: a discursive analysis

2020

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RESUMO Este estudo analisou estratégias discursivas adotadas por moradores que vivem em uma área de risco de inundações recorrentes para justificar sua permanência no bairro. Foi baseado em suas percepções, critérios de hierarquização de riscos, ações preventivas e ações de mitigação de riscos. Para tanto, foram analisados trechos de diários de campo e entrevistas semiestruturadas com dois moradores que discordavam sobre o risco de inundações e a necessidade de permanecer no bairro. Os resultados mostram que as dificuldades econômicas de realocação e os princípios morais que impedem alguém de vender sua casa são argumentos usados pelo morador que quer se mudar do bairro. O morador que deseja permanecer no bairro tende a normalizar os riscos e a valorizar os benefícios da região. Os residentes decidem se devem ou não deixar a água entrar em suas casas durante uma enchente e se devem ou não sair de casa durante a estação chuvosa para realizar suas atividades diárias com base em sua organização prévia e apego ao lugar e bens materiais. Conclui-se que as inundações afetam a vida cotidiana dos moradores e envolvem processos de tomada de decisão que precisam ser considerados pelas autoridades públicas na gestão de riscos.

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Why People Live in Flood-Prone Areas in Akuressa, Sri Lanka

Cited by 30 publications

References 30 publications

Long-Term Improvement in Precautions for Flood Risk Mitigation: A Case Study in the Low-Lying Area of Central Vietnam

Long-Term Improvement in Precautions for Flood Risk Mitigation: A Case Study in the Low-Lying Area of Central Vietnam

Perceptions and deeply held beliefs about responsibility for flood risk adaptation in Accra Ghana

Risk perception and hierarchy of risks related to recurrent floods in a regularized urban area: a discursive analysis

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