Household behaviour in installing property-level flood adaptations: A literature review

Everett, Glyn; Lamond, Jessica

Abstract

The research presents a brief overview of the published literature concerning household behaviour with regard to installing flood protection measures in the UK; people’s desire and their ability to act are considered, before looking at the literature around public perceptions of arguably more sustainable, ‘blue-green’ approaches to flood-risk management. Interesting contrasts are found in these two different forms of adaptations to address flood risk (‘structural’ and ‘sustainable’); however it is demonstrated that a paucity of research exists in this area, particularly around medium- to longer-term behavioural adaptations to sustainable approaches, and so suggestions are made for further research to help develop our understanding.

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Sustainable Cities 2013
• Keywords: floods, flood risk management (FRM), sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), sustainable, blue-green, knowledge co-construction
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/937934