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Social Vulnerability as a Factor in Flood Preparedness

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Understanding Flood Preparedness

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The degree of flood preparedness comes not just from the perception of the flood risk among inhabitants of areas at risk but is also influenced by social and economic determinants referred to as social vulnerability. Indeed, the mere awareness of a potential natural disaster does not always mean that protective steps are taken due to various limitations, e.g. insufficient knowledge on how to prepare, lack of financial resources or health problems.

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    Jarosław Działek, Łukasz Fiedeń, Paweł Franczak & Karolina Listwan-Franczak

  2. Faculty of Tourism and Leisure, University of Physical Education in Krakow, Kraków, Poland

    Wojciech Biernacki

  3. Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, National Research Institute, Kraków, Poland

    Roman Konieczny

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    Karolina Grzeszna

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Działek, J. et al. (2019). Social Vulnerability as a Factor in Flood Preparedness. In: Understanding Flood Preparedness. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04594-4_4

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