Investigators at Technical University Dortmund (TU Dortmund) Report Findings in Flood Risk Management (On the Horns of a Dilemma: Experts As Communicators for Property-level Flood Risk Adaptation Measures): Risk Management – Flood Risk Management

2023 FEB 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Risk Management - Flood Risk Management have been published. According to news originating from Dortmund, Germany, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “This paper investigates the role of flood risk experts in supporting homeowners to implement property-level flood risk adaption (PLFRA). Homeowners can reduce their flood risks by implementing PLFRA.”

Financial support for this research came from Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Technical University Dortmund (TU Dortmund), “However, oftentimes they need advice on what sort of and how to implement PLFRA. This means that tailored experts advice is necessary to inform homeowners on such measures. But experience shows that mere information is often insufficient to motivate homeowners to realise measures. This contribution explores the reasons for the ineffectiveness of expert advice by investigating how expert advice responds to homeowners’ rationalities. Based on a case study from Flanders, Belgium, this paper reveals how the relation between experts and homeowners differs related to different rationalities of homeowners.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The paper uses Cultural Theory to discuss strategies on how experts, providing advice on property-level risk adaption, could move beyond engineering skills by also using risk communication skills in order to involve homeowners in flood risk governance.”

For more information on this research see: On the Horns of a Dilemma: Experts As Communicators for Property-level Flood Risk Adaptation Measures. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2023. Journal of Flood Risk Management can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Flood Risk Management - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1753-318X)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Peter R. R. Davids, Technical University Dortmund (TU Dortmund), Fac Spatial Planning, Chairgroup Land Policy & Land Management, Dortmund, Germany. Additional authors for this research include Thomas Hartmann and Sally Priest.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12881. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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