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Understanding risk, choice and amenity in an urban area at risk of flooding
Citation
Willis, KF and Natalier, K and Revie, M, Understanding risk, choice and amenity in an urban area at risk of flooding, Housing Studies, 26, (2) pp. 225-239. ISSN 0267-3037 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 Taylor & Francis.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00206811003783364
DOI: doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.549215
Abstract
This paper reports on a qualitative interview study of residents' perceptions of the probability and impact of flooding in a socially disadvantaged urban area identified and publicised as at risk of inundation. The people in this study engage with expert definitions of flood risk, but expert knowledge is not their most important reference point. While residents understand that the area is at risk of flooding, two key points emerge in their discussions of this risk. First, for most participants knowledge of this risk does not translate into personal worry; second, risk knowledge is balanced against their valuing of amenities in the area. While risk is of sociological and policy interest, for people living within, rather than analysing, areas prone to natural disasters risk is not the defining element of life; rather, it is contextualised within people's housing history, choices (or lack thereof) and experiences of an area.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | disaster, risk perception, flooding, neighbourhoods |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Urban sociology and community studies |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Willis, KF (Dr Karen Willis) |
UTAS Author: | Natalier, K (Dr Kristin Natalier) |
ID Code: | 69637 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 18 |
Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
Deposited On: | 2011-05-09 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-07 |
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