Why do people not learn from flood disasters? Evidence from Vietnam’s northwestern mountains
| Autor: | Petra Schmitter, Thomas Hilger, Volker Hoffmann, Andreas Neef, Camille Saint-Macary, Iven Schad, Marc Lamers, La Nguyen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine (LEDa), Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Mitigation strategies 010501 environmental sciences Collective action Interdisciplinary research 01 natural sciences Natural hazard Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Flood mitigation JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q58 - Government Policy 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology 2. Zero hunger Flood myth Land use [QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin] business.industry Flooding (psychology) Environmental resource management 15. Life on land JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming JEL: O - Economic Development Innovation Technological Change and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products 6. Clean water Flood response Agro-environmental perception Incentive Vietnam 13. Climate action JEL: O - Economic Development Innovation Technological Change and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O53 - Asia including Middle East Soil conservation business |
| Zdroj: | Natural Hazards Natural Hazards, 2012, 62 (2), ⟨10.1007/s11069-011-9992-4⟩ |
| Popis: | This article explores how the causes and impacts of a flood event as perceived by local people shape immediate responses and future mitigation efforts in mountainous northwest Vietnam. Local flood perception is contrasted with scientific perspectives to determine whether a singular flood event will trigger adjustments in mitigation strategies in an otherwise rarely flood-affected area. We present findings from interdisciplinary research drawing on both socioeconomic and biophysical data. Evidence suggests that individual farmers’ willingness to engage in flood mitigation is curbed by the common perception that flooding is caused by the interplay of a bundle of external factors, with climatic factors and water management failures being the most prominent ones. Most farmers did not link the severity of flooding to existing land use systems, thus underlining the lack of a sense of personal responsibility among farmers for flood mitigation measures. We conclude that local governments cannot depend on there being a sufficient degree of intrinsic motivation among farmers to make them implement soil conservation techniques to mitigate future flooding. Policy makers will need to design measures to raise farmers’ awareness of the complex interplay between land use and hydrology and to enhance collective action in soil conservation by providing appropriate incentives and implementing coherent long-term strategies. |
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