Potential Linkages Between Social Capital, Flood Risk Perceptions, and Self-Efficacy

TY - JOUR

T1 - Potential Linkages Between Social Capital, Flood Risk Perceptions, and Self-Efficacy

AU - Hudson, Paul

AU - Hagedoorn, Liselotte

AU - Bubeck, Philip

N1 - Funding Information: The authors acknowledge funding received from the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) through the Water Window’s ResilNam Coastal and ResilNam Urban projects as funded by the Z Zurich Foundation. The funder had no direct input on the research conducted or the ability to publish the paper. Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s).

PY - 2020/3/16

Y1 - 2020/3/16

N2 - A growing focus is being placed on both individuals and communities to adapt to flooding as part of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Adaptation to flooding requires sufficient social capital (linkages between members of society), risk perceptions (understanding of risk), and self-efficacy (self-perceived ability to limit disaster impacts) to be effective. However, there is limited understanding of how social capital, risk perceptions, and self-efficacy interact. We seek to explore how social capital interacts with variables known to increase the likelihood of successful adaptation. To study these linkages we analyze survey data of 1010 respondents across two communities in Thua Tien-Hue Province in central Vietnam, using ordered probit models. We find positive correlations between social capital, risk perceptions, and self-efficacy overall. This is a partly contrary finding to what was found in previous studies linking these concepts in Europe, which may be a result from the difference in risk context. The absence of an overall negative exchange between these factors has positive implications for proactive flood risk adaptation.

AB - A growing focus is being placed on both individuals and communities to adapt to flooding as part of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Adaptation to flooding requires sufficient social capital (linkages between members of society), risk perceptions (understanding of risk), and self-efficacy (self-perceived ability to limit disaster impacts) to be effective. However, there is limited understanding of how social capital, risk perceptions, and self-efficacy interact. We seek to explore how social capital interacts with variables known to increase the likelihood of successful adaptation. To study these linkages we analyze survey data of 1010 respondents across two communities in Thua Tien-Hue Province in central Vietnam, using ordered probit models. We find positive correlations between social capital, risk perceptions, and self-efficacy overall. This is a partly contrary finding to what was found in previous studies linking these concepts in Europe, which may be a result from the difference in risk context. The absence of an overall negative exchange between these factors has positive implications for proactive flood risk adaptation.

KW - Flood risk

KW - Protection motivation theory

KW - Risk perceptions

KW - Self-efficacy

KW - Social capital

KW - Vietnam

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U2 - 10.1007/s13753-020-00259-w

DO - 10.1007/s13753-020-00259-w

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85082739843

SN - 2095-0055

VL - 11

SP - 251

EP - 262

JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

IS - 3

ER -