FLOOD RISK COMMUNICATION
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to present an overview of, and research trends to investigate, flood risk communication between 2010 and 2020. Thus, bibliometric analysis was used as research technique. The main results comprised 34 identified articles that were mainly published from 2014, onwards. Most authors were from European, North American and Asian countries. It was possible observing lack of authors from developing countries in Africa and Latin America, which are areas acknowledged as vulnerable to, and affected by, disproportionate impacts caused by natural disasters. Studies conducted so far have presented elucidative findings about the effects of effective risk communication presence or absence on society.
Keywords: Risk Information. Resilience. Bibliometrics. Collaboration Networks
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YAMADA, F; KAKIMOTO, R; YAMAMOTO, M; FUJIMI, T; TANAKA, N. Implementation of community flood risk communication in Kumamoto, Japan. Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 45, n. 2, p. 117–128, 2011.
ALFIERI, L.; BISSELINK, B.; DOTTORI, F.; NAUMANN, G.; DE ROO, A.; SALAMON, P.; WYSER, K.; FEYEN, L. Global projections of river flood risk in a warmer world. Earth’s Future, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 171–182, 1 Feb. 2017.
BERTOLA, M.; VIGLIONE, A.; LUN, D.; HALL, J.; BLÖSCHL, G. Flood Trends in Europe: Are Changes in Small and Big Floods Different? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Vol.24, p.1805-182210, 2020.
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CHAN, E Y Y; MAN, A Y T; LAM, H C Y. Scientific evidence on natural disasters and health emergency and disaster risk management in Asian rural-based area. British Medical Bulletin, vol. 129, n.1, p. 91–105, 2019.
DE BOER, J.; BOTZEN, W.J.W.; TERPSTRA, T. Improving flood risk communication by focusing on prevention-focused motivation. Risk Analysis, vol. 34, n.2, p. 309–322, 2014.
DE DOMINICIS, S; CRANO, W D; CANCELLIERI, U G; MOSCO, B; BONNES, M; HOHMAN, Z; BONAIUTO, M. Vested interest and environmental risk communication: improving willingness to cope with impending disasters. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 44, no. 5, p. 364–374, 2014.
EM-DAT. The International Disaster Database. 2021. Disponível em:
FELDMAN, D.; CONTRERAS, S.; KARLIN, B.; BASOLO, V.; MATTHEW, R.; SANDERS, B.; HOUSTON, D.; CHEUNG, W.; GOODRICH, K.; REYES, A.; SERRANO, K.; SCHUBERT, J.; LUKE, A. Communicating flood risk: Looking back and forward at traditional and social media outlets. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 15, p. 43–51, 2016.
FONSECA, M. N.; GARCIAS, C.M. Comunicação de risco de inundação: instrumento fundamental da gestão de riscos de desastres. DRd – Desenvolvimento Regional em debate, vol.10, p.1139-1159, 2020
GOOSEN, H.; DE GROOT-REICHWEIN, M.A.M.; MASSELINK, L.; KOEKOEK, A.; SWART, R.; BESSEMBINDER, J.; WITTE, J.M.P.; STUYT, L.; BLOM-ZANDSTRA, G.; IMMERZEEL, W. Climate adaptation services for the Netherlands: an operational approach to support spatial adaptation planning. Regional environmental change, vol.14, p.1035-1048, 2014
HAER, T.; BOTZEN, W.J.W.; AERTS, J.C.J.H. The effectiveness of flood risk communication strategies and the influence of social networks-Insights from an agent-based model. Environmental Science and Policy, vol. 60, p. 44–52, 2016.
HIRABAYASHI, Y.; MAHENDRAN, R.; KOIRALA, S.; KONOSHIMA, L.; YAMAZAKI, D.; WATANABE, S.; KIM, H.; KANAE, S. Global flood risk under climate change. Nature Climate Change, vol. 3, no. 9, p. 816–821, 2013.
HANDMER, J. Are Flood Warnings Futile? Risk communication in emergencies. The Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, vol.2, 200
HÖPPNER, C., BRÜNDL, M., BUCHECKER, M. Risk Communication and Natural Hazards. CapHaz project. Birmensdorf, Switzerland, 2010.
IDMC. Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. Global report of internal displacement. 2017. Disponível em:
IDMC. Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. Global report of internal displacement. 2019. Disponível em:
KAKINUMA, K.; PUMA, M.J; HIRABAYASHI, Y.; TANOUE, M.; BAPTISTA, E.A; KANAE, S. Flood-induced population displacements in the world. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 15, no. 12, p.124029, 2020.
KELLENS, W.; TERPSTRA, T.; DE MAEYER, P. Perception and Communication of Flood Risks: A Systematic Review of Empirical Research. Risk Analysis, vol. 33, no. 1, p. 24–49, 2013.
KERIM, K.; ZEYNEP, I. Assessment of Urban Flood Risk Factors Using Monte Carlo Analytical Hierarchy Process. Natural Hazards Review, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 4021048, 1 Nov. 2021.
KIRCHHOFF, C.J.; LEMOS, M.C.; DESSAI, S. Actionable knowledge for environmental decision making: broadening the usability of climate science. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol.38, n.1, p.393-414, 2013
KREIBICH, H.; MÜLLER, M.; SCHRÖTER, K.; THIEKEN, A.H. New insights into flood warning reception and emergency response by affected parties. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 17, no. 12, p. 2075–2092, 2017.
LAMOND, J.; ADEKOLA, O.; ADELEKAN, I.; EZE, B.; UJOH, F. Information for Adaptation and Response to Flooding, Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives in Nigeria. Climate, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 46, 2019.
LIESKE, D.J.; WADE, T.; RONESS, L.A. Climate change awareness and strategies for communicating the risk of coastal flooding: A Canadian Maritime case example. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 140, p. 83–94, 2014.
MAIDL, E.; BUCHECKER, M. Raising risk preparedness by flood risk communication. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 15, no. 7, p. 1577–1595, 2015.
MILOJEVIC, A.; NIEDZWIEDZ, C.L.; PEARCE, J.; MILNER, J.; MACKENZIE, I.A.; DOHERTY, R.M.; WILKINSON, P. Socioeconomic and urban-rural differentials in exposure to air pollution and mortality burden in England. Environmental Health. Vol.16, n.1, 2017
MORIOKA, S.N.; CARVALHO, M.M. Sustentabilidade e gestão de projetos: um estudo bibliométrico. Production, v. 26, n. 3, p. 656-674, 2016
MUNRO, A.; KOVATS, R.S.; RUBIN, G.J.; WAITE, T.D.; BONE, A.; ARMSTRONG, B. English National Study of Flooding and Health Study Group. Effect of evacuation and displacement on the association between flooding and mental health outcomes: a cross-sectional analysis of UK survey data. Lancet Planet Health. Vol.1. n.4, p.134-141, 2017
NICHOLLS, R.J; LINCKE, D.; HINKEL, J.; BROWN, S; VAFEIDIS, A.T; MEYSSIGNAC, B.; HANSON, S.; MERKENS, J-L.; FANG, J. A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure. Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, no. 4, p. 338–342, 2021.
O’SULLIVAN, J. J.; BRADFORD, R. A.; BONAIUTO, M.; DE DOMINICIS, S.; ROTKO, P.; AALTONEN, J.; WAYLEN, K.; LANGAN, S. J. Enhancing flood resilience through improved risk communications. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, vol. 12, no. 7, p. 2271–2282, 2012.
OBERACKER, C.; RIMBÖCK, A.; MÜLLER, U. Flood risk communication. WasserWirtschaft, vol. 108, no. 12, p. 25–29, 2018.
OCHA. Natural disasters in latin america and the caribbean 2000-2019. 2020. Disponível em: < https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/20191203-ocha-desastres_naturales.pdf> Acesso em 03/10/2021.
PARKER, D.J., TUNSTALL, S.M., MCCARTHY, S. New insights into the benefits of flood warnings: Results from a household survey in England and Wales. Environmental Hazards, vol.7, n.3, p.193-210, 2007.
ROLLASON, E.; BRACKEN, L. J.; HARDY, R. J.; LARGE, A. R.G. Rethinking flood risk communication. Natural Hazards, vol. 92, no. 3, p. 1665–1686, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3273-4.
SAMADDAR, S; MURASE, M; OKADA, N. Information for Disaster Preparedness: A Social Network Approach to Rainwater Harvesting Technology Dissemination. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 95–109, 2014.
STEWART, R.M.; RASHID, H. Community strategies to improve flood risk communication in the Red River Basin, Manitoba, Canada. Disasters, vol. 35, no. 3, p. 554–576, 2011.
TANOUE, M.; HIRABAYASHI, Y.; IKEUCHI, H. Global-scale river flood vulnerability in the last 50 years. Scientific Reports, vol.6, n.1, p. 36021, 2016.
TELLMAN, B; SULLIVAN, J A; KUHN, C; KETTNER, A J; DOYLE, C S; BRAKENRIDGE, G R; ERICKSON, T A; SLAYBACK, D A. Satellite imaging reveals increased proportion of population exposed to floods. Nature, vol. 596, no. 7870, p. 80–86, 2021.
UGOLINI, D; BONASSI, S; CRISTAUDO, A; LEONCINI, G; RATTO, G B; NERI, M. Temporal trend, geographic distribution, and publication quality in asbestos research. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 22, n.9, p. 6957–6967, 2015.
WAITE, T.D.; CHAINTARLI, K.; BECK, C.R. et al. The English national cohort study of flooding and health: cross-sectional analysis of mental health outcomes at year one. BMC Public Health, vol.17, p.129, 2017.
WINSEMIUS, H.C.; AERTS, J.C.J.H.; VAN BEEK, L.P.H.; BIERKENS, M.F.P.; BOUWMAN, A.; JONGMAN, B.; KWADIJK, J.C.J.; LIGTVOET, W.; LUCAS, P.L.; VAN VUUREN, D.P.; WARD, P.J. Global drivers of future river flood risk. Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, n. 4, p.381–385, 2016.
YAMADA, F; KAKIMOTO, R; YAMAMOTO, M; FUJIMI, T; TANAKA, N. Implementation of community flood risk communication in Kumamoto, Japan. Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 45, n. 2, p. 117–128, 2011.
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FONSECA, Murilo Noli da; DA SILVA, Luciene Pimentel; GARCIAS, Carlos Mello.
FLOOD RISK COMMUNICATION.
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