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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages 1050-1060Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-023-01848-3
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Public opinion; Flood risk management; Social acceptability; Policy instruments
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Effective flood risk management requires a mix of policy instruments that reduces, shares, and manages flood risk. This paper examines public attitudes toward flood risk management policy instruments based on a national survey of Canadians living in high-risk areas. The results indicate that all five policy instruments have high social acceptability, but they must be calibrated to ensure access to flood risk information and achieve a fair distribution of FRM costs among key stakeholders.
Effective flood risk management (FRM) requires a mix of policy instruments that reduces, shares, and manages flood risk. The social acceptability of these policy instruments-the degree of public support or opposition to their use-is an important consideration when designing an optimal mix to achieve FRM objectives. This paper examines public attitudes toward FRM policy instruments based on a national survey of Canadians living in high-risk areas. Respondents were asked their views on flood maps, disaster assistance, flood insurance, flood risk disclosure and liability, and property buyouts. The results indicate that all five policy instruments have high social acceptability, but they must be calibrated to ensure access to flood risk information and achieve a fair distribution of FRM costs among key stakeholders.
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