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Assessing The Relationship Between Flood Risk Perceptions And Adaptive Behaviors Of Households, Dontá Council
Assessing The Relationship Between Flood Risk Perceptions And Adaptive Behaviors Of Households, Dontá Council
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The purpose of this dissertation research is to examine the multiple relationships that explain household adaptive behaviors to flooding, and if risk perceptions play a mediating role in these relationships. Given the shift in transferring risks from public flood risk governance structures to households, there is a renewed interest in promoting private adaptive behavior amongst households that are vulnerable to flood impacts. Currently, the literature purports that flood risk perceptions rarely account for the variance explained in statistical models that examine household adaptive behaviors. This study analyzed an integrated conceptual framework that explored the mediating role of risk perceptions. The …