Citation

Rasid H, Shuncai S, Xiubo Y, Chen Z. Disasters 1996; 20(2): 93-110.

Affiliation

Department of Geography, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8689253

Abstract

This study was initiated to test if structural flood-alleviation measures were more popular than non-structural measures among the floodplain residents of the Yangtze Delta, because of the long tradition of "living with embankments and other flood control structures'. The results of a pilot questionnaire survey among 239 respondents from four sample villages of two typical floodplains of the delta indicated that, contrary to expectations, the non-structural measure of flood insurance attracted more favourable responses (97 per cent) than any one of the structural measures, although the latter were also frequently selected by the respondents (64-92 per cent). A number of multivariate logit regressions between each of the preferred flood-alleviation measures and the respondents' flood adaptations identified some of the determinants of these preferences. For a more complete explanation of the causes of popularity of various flood-alleviation measures, further research should incorporate a behavioural model with trade-offs for alternative measures.

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