We don't want your water: Broadening community understandings of and engagement in flood risk and mitigation
We don't want your water: Broadening community understandings of and engagement in flood risk and mitigation
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10.3389/frwa.2022.1016362
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2022-10
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L. Skilton;A. Osland;Emma Willis;E. Habib;Stephen R. Barnes;Mohamed Elsaadani;B. Miles;Trung Quang Do
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L. Skilton;A. Osland;Emma Willis;E. Habib;Stephen R. Barnes;Mohamed Elsaadani;B. Miles;Trung Quang Do
美国和全球的许多社区对可能对他们造成不利影响的洪水风险缺乏充分的了解。这种信息缺失可能导致洪灾风险增加，缺乏对缓解努力的参与。气候变化、发展和其他因素加速了洪水风险的变化。由于这些变化，社区将更需要就洪水风险和缓解与各种利益攸关方进行沟通。美国路易斯安那州的拉斐特教区最近经历了一次重大洪水事件(2016年路易斯安那州洪水)，是其他社区经历洪水影响变化的代表。利用焦点小组，这项研究深入了解个人和社区对洪水风险的看法之间的脱节，以及新兴的水文信息学工具如何弥合这些差距。通过定性分析，本研究评估了个人用来了解洪灾的资源，社区的定义如何影响洪灾缓解工作，个人如何定义洪灾及其原因，以及关于洪灾缓解工作的知识差距在哪里。这项研究表明，个体首先在与自己和他们的直系圈的关系中受孕。这项研究揭示了社区内部在个人如何看待洪灾原因和降低洪灾风险的潜在解决方案方面的分歧。基于这些结果，我们认为，帮助个人协调他们对洪灾的看法可能有助于他们更好地欣赏在个人、社区和区域层面所需的洪灾缓解努力。此外，我们建议，缩小缓解战略方面的知识差距，拓宽个人对社区的看法，可能会加深他们对洪水影响的理解，以及他们的社区可以做些什么来应对潜在的挑战。
Many communities across the USA and globally lack full understanding of the flood risk that may adversely impact them. This information deficit can lead to increased risk of flooding and a lack of engagement in mitigation efforts. Climatic changes, development, and other factors have expedited changes to flood risk. Due to these changes, communities will have an increased need to communicate with a variety of stakeholders about flood risk and mitigation. Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA, having recently experienced a major flood event (the 2016 Louisiana Floods), is representative of other communities experiencing changes to flood impacts. Using focus groups, this study delves into better understanding the disconnect between individual and community perceptions of flood risks, and how emerging hydroinformatics tools can bridge these gaps. Using qualitative analysis, this study evaluated the resources individuals use to learn about flooding, how definitions of community impact flood mitigation efforts, how individuals define flooding and its causes, and where gaps in knowledge exist about flood mitigation efforts. This research demonstrates that individuals conceive of flooding in relationship to themselves and their immediate circle first. The study revealed division within the community in how individuals think about the causes of flooding and the potential solutions for reducing flood risk. Based on these results, we argue that helping individuals reconceive how they think about flooding may help them better appreciate the flood mitigation efforts needed at individual, community, and regional levels. Additionally, we suggest that reducing gaps in knowledge about mitigation strategies and broadening how individuals conceive of their community may deepen their understanding of flood impacts and what their community can do to address potential challenges.