How local water and waterbody meanings shape flood risk perception and risk management preferences

Quinn Tara, Bousquet François, Guerbois Chloé, Heider Lisa, Brown Katrina. 2019. How local water and waterbody meanings shape flood risk perception and risk management preferences. Sustainability Science, 14 (3), n.spéc. Special Feature: Sense of Place in Social - Ecological Systems: From Theory to Empirical Exploration : 565-578.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Science)

Résumé : The sharp end of climate change is being, and will continue to be, experienced at the local and personal scale. How changing patterns of hazards interplay with local landscapes is an important focus of risk management, both in understanding how place-based risk is perceived and in identifying how local populations would like these risks to be managed. In this study we focus on the object of hazard and examine how different meanings associated with water and waterbodies relate to flood risk perception and preferences for flood management strategies. We present analysis of a mixed methods study with survey data (n = 707) of residents in four coastal towns in France, South Africa and UK presented alongside an in-depth study of the two French towns (semi-structured interviews n = 15 and document analysis). Our analysis unpacks the significance of relationships between the meaning of water in general, and the meaning of specific water bodies, to flood risk perceptions. Our findings indicate that general water meaning is more reliably related to flood risk perception than specific waterbody meaning, where waterbody meanings are significant for flood risk perception, positive identification with rivers relates to reduced flood risk perception. We also find that the meanings associated with water and waterbodies relate to specific preferences for different types of flood management, including insurance and local taxation. The implications for landscapes undergoing rapid change, for example as a result of changing climate and hydrological regimes, are discussed. In particular, we highlight how infrastructure interacts with sense of place in communities undergoing rapid social–ecological change and how understanding this interplay can help in the design of more fully supported adaptation strategies.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : inondation, terre inondée, lutte anti-inondation, changement climatique, gestion du risque, ville, rivière

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Afrique du Sud, Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord

Mots-clés libres : Place meanings, Water meaning, Sense of place, Risk perception, Flood management

Classification Agris : P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Quinn Tara, University of Exeter (GBR) - auteur correspondant
• Bousquet François, CIRAD-ES-UPR GREEN (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-4552-3724
• Guerbois Chloé, NMMU (ZAF)
• Heider Lisa, NMMU (ZAF)
• Brown Katrina, University of Exeter (GBR)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/591436/)

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