@article{ref1,
title="Flood risk and inequalities between ethnic groups in the floodplains of England and Wales",
journal="Disasters",
year="2018",
author="Fielding, Jane L.",
volume="42",
number="1",
pages="101-123",
abstract="Previous research has shown that many vulnerable communities experience disproportional exposure to flood risk. This paper, though, is the first to look at broad ethnic/racial group differences in the United Kingdom. It contends that differences in culture and language, especially those of new immigrants, bestow vulnerabilities on such communities, resulting in a lack of knowledge that enables people to be aware, to be prepared, or to recover expediently after a flood emergency. Using UK 2011 Census data and Environment Agency flood maps, the paper demonstrates that it is the non-white communities in Wales that confront the most disproportionate level of flood risk: 23 per cent as compared to 11.4 per cent of their white neighbours. In contrast, the difference in flood risk between white and non-white ethnic/racial groups in regions of England is within a range of plus or minus two per cent, except for in Yorkshire and The Humber where white populations face a much greater risk of flooding.<br><br>© 2017 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2017.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-3666",
doi="10.1111/disa.12230",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12230"
}