Journal
RISK ANALYSIS
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 345-356Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12830
Keywords
Disaster; flood risk perceptions; hazards; vulnerability
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [CNH-1313703]
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1313703] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This article investigates the determinants of flood risk perceptions in New Orleans, Louisiana (United States), a deltaic coastal city highly vulnerable to seasonal nuisance flooding and hurricane-induced deluges and storm surges. Few studies have investigated the influence of hazard experience, geophysical vulnerability (hazard proximity), and risk perceptions in cities undergoing postdisaster recovery and rebuilding. We use ordinal logistic regression techniques to analyze experiential, geophysical, and sociodemographic variables derived from a survey of 384 residents in seven neighborhoods. We find that residents living in neighborhoods that flooded during Hurricane Katrina exhibit higher levels of perceived risk than those residents living in neighborhoods that did not flood. In addition, findings suggest that flood risk perception is positively associated with female gender, lower income, and direct flood experiences. In conclusion, we discuss the implications of these findings for theoretical and empirical research on environmental risk, flood risk communication strategies, and flood hazards planning.
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