Journal
NATURAL HAZARDS
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 119-138Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9186-2
Keywords
floods impact; perception; coping mechanism; vulnerability; risk management
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This article explores the impacts of floods on the economy, environment, and society and tries to clarify the rural community's coping mechanism to flood disasters in Central Viet Nam. It focuses on the social aspects of flood risk perception that shapes the responses to floods. The research findings revealed that flooding is an essential element for a coastal population, whose livelihood depend on productive functions of cyclical floods. The findings also revealed that floods, causing losses and damages, often inhibited economic development. The surveyed communities appeared to have evolved coping mechanisms to reduce the negative impacts of the floods, yet these coping mechanisms are under pressure due to environmental degradation. Integrated flood risk management is considered as a suitable paradigm for coping with flood disasters.
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