Assessment of Public Flood Risk Perception and Influencing Factors: An Example of Jiaozuo City, China

Delin Liu, Mengjie Li, Yue Li and Hao Chen
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Delin Liu: Safety and Emergency Management Research Center, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
Mengjie Li: Safety and Emergency Management Research Center, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
Yue Li: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, AL 44106, USA
Hao Chen: Safety and Emergency Management Research Center, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-15

Abstract: There are many studies showing that public flood risk perception may promote people’s motivation to reduce flood risk and enhance their coping behavior, thus providing useful insights for flood risk management. The purpose of this article is to estimate residents’ flood risk perception in Jiaozuo City and to identify the influencing factors. A questionnaire survey method was used to collect data and a composite index was constructed to measure public risk perception. Each respondent’s grade of flood risk perception was calculated using the relationship between the standard deviation (SD) and the mean value (MV) of flood risk perception index (RPI) scores. Moreover, the hypotheses concerning different groups were tested using an independent sample T-test and one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance), and the group differences in flood risk perception on each observed dependent variable were explored using post hoc tests. The flood risk perception of the total respondents was divided into three levels based on the SD and MV of RPI scores: low (68.4%), moderate (13.7%), and high (17.9%). Respondents with low education, low income, less flood experiences, and who have married, lived in rural areas or near rivers/reservoirs had a higher flood risk perception than others, and respondents who lived in flood storage areas had a lower risk perception. Moreover, the ability to mitigate floods and the trust in flood-control projects were negatively related to the flood risk perception.

Keywords: flood risk perception; flood prevention and mitigation; questionnaire survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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