Decision Making for Managing Community Flood Risks:Perspectives of United States Floodplain Managers

作     者：Jenna Tyler Abdul-Akeem Sadiq Douglas S.Noonan Rebecca M.Entress Jenna Tyler;Abdul-Akeem Sadiq;Douglas S.Noonan;Rebecca M.Entress

作者机构：School of Public AdministrationUniversity of Central FloridaOrlandoFL 32801USA O'Neill School of Public and Environmental AffairsIndiana University–Purdue University IndianapolisIN 46202USA 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第12卷第5期

页      面：649-660页

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学科分类：081504[工学-水利水电工程] 08[工学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 

基　　金：funded by the US National Science Foundation(NSF)Grant No.1838421 

主　　题：Community flood risk management Decision making Floodplain managers United States 

摘      要：To reduce flood losses,floodplain managers make decisions on how to effectively manage their community’s flood *** there is a growing body of research that examines how individuals and households make decisions to manage their flood risks,far less attention has been directed at understanding the decision-making processes for flood management at the community *** study aimed to narrow this research gap by examining floodplain managers’perceptions of the quality of their community’s flood management decision-making *** gathered from interviews with 200 floodplain managers in the United States indicate that most floodplain managers perceive their community’s flood management decision-making processes to be *** results also indicate that communities participating in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community Rating System,as well as communities with a higher level of concern for flooding and a lower poverty rate,are significantly more likely to report better flood management decision-making processes.