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Living with Floods: Protective Behaviours and Risk Perception of Vietnamese Households

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  • Arnaud Reynaud

    (Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA INRA) and VCREM, Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole, Manufacture des Tabacs – Bât. S, 21 allée de Brienne, Toulouse 31042, France.)

  • Cécile Aubert

    (Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA INRA) and VCREM, Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole, Manufacture des Tabacs – Bât. S, 21 allée de Brienne, Toulouse 31042, France.
    Université Bordeaux IV (GREThA), avenue Leon Duguit, 33608 Pessac, France.)

  • Manh-Hung Nguyen

    (Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA INRA) and VCREM, Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole, Manufacture des Tabacs – Bât. S, 21 allée de Brienne, Toulouse 31042, France.)

Abstract

We empirically investigate the determinants of household flood protective strategies and risk perception using data from a household-level survey conducted in spring 2012 in Vietnam. Our empirical analysis shows that some flood protective behaviours of Vietnamese households are driven by the perception of flood risks, a result consistent with the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). Our results also suggest that both perceived probabilities and perceived consequences of floods are related to some cognitive processes included in the PMT. Lastly, we document the important role played by public flood management policies in shaping individual flood risk perception and protective behaviours.

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  • Arnaud Reynaud & Cécile Aubert & Manh-Hung Nguyen, 2013. "Living with Floods: Protective Behaviours and Risk Perception of Vietnamese Households," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 38(3), pages 547-579, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gpprii:v:38:y:2013:i:3:p:547-579
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