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Coping with risk: analysis on the importance of integrating social perceptions on flood risk into management mechanisms -- the case of the municipality of Águeda, Portugal

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  • Elisabete Figueiredo
  • Sandra Valente
  • Celeste Coelho
  • Luísa Pinho

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The paper reflects on how populations prone to flood risk perceive such hazards and the way this perception has or has not been incorporated into the measures and mechanisms of flood risk management. The frequent occurrence of flooding, as well as the population's vulnerability and exposure to this risk, shows that the municipality of Águeda is a paradigmatic case for analysis of these issues. Similar to the rest of the country, the municipality of Águeda has been neglecting the multidimensional nature of flood risk. The data collected present some disparity between the proposals and technical perspectives regarding the management and mitigation of flood risk and the perception of local populations. In addition, neither knowledge of social perception of flood risk nor of the local communities is being integrated in a substantial and pro-active way, whether in the processes of policy-making or in the implementation of these policies. Empirical evidence equally shows that there is a clear tendency towards acceptance and coping with flood risk by the population in the municipality of Águeda. This seems to be connected to the local populations' recognition that though it is impossible to eliminate risk, there are at the same time advantages to occupying the floodplains.

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  • Elisabete Figueiredo & Sandra Valente & Celeste Coelho & Luísa Pinho, 2009. "Coping with risk: analysis on the importance of integrating social perceptions on flood risk into management mechanisms -- the case of the municipality of Águeda, Portugal," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(5), pages 581-602, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:12:y:2009:i:5:p:581-602
    DOI: 10.1080/13669870802511155
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    1. Yan Deng & Guiwu Su & Na Gao & Lei Sun, 2019. "Perceptions of earthquake emergency response and rescue in China: a comparison between experts and local practitioners," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 97(2), pages 643-664, June.
    2. Valente, Sandra & Coelho, Celeste & Ribeiro, Cristina & Liniger, Hanspeter & Schwilch, Gudrun & Figueiredo, Elisabete & Bachmann, Felicitas, 2015. "How much management is enough? Stakeholder views on forest management in fire-prone areas in central Portugal," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 1-11.
    3. Wim Kellens & Teun Terpstra & Philippe De Maeyer, 2013. "Perception and Communication of Flood Risks: A Systematic Review of Empirical Research," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(1), pages 24-49, January.
    4. John T. Brady, 2012. "Health risk perceptions across time in the USA," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(6), pages 547-563, June.

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