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3. Changeability of the Spatial Image of Flood Over Time

Authors : Jarosław Działek, Wojciech Biernacki, Roman Konieczny, Łukasz Fiedeń, Paweł Franczak, Karolina Grzeszna, Karolina Listwan-Franczak

Published in: Understanding Flood Preparedness

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

If you can see a river out of your window then, sooner or later, you should expect to suffer the consequences of a flood. Not every flood will pose a direct threat to your house, but it will affect your life indirectly. This kind of an opinion is often heard from people living in areas that have experienced flooding. The research was based on methods useful in collecting data as close to the intuitive perception of a flood as possible, drawing on the long-established concept of the image, which, according to Boulding’s theory (1956), people build throughout their lives based on information obtained from the surrounding social and physical environment.

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Title: Changeability of the Spatial Image of Flood Over Time
Authors: Jarosław Działek
Wojciech Biernacki
Roman Konieczny
Łukasz Fiedeń
Paweł Franczak
Karolina Grzeszna
Karolina Listwan-Franczak
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Understanding Flood Preparedness
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-04593-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-04594-4

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04594-4_3