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Local governments are highly relevant actors when it comes to mitigating climate change impacts such as flooding. Not only do they need to implement regulatory and infrastructural measures, but they also need to promote complementing self-protective measures at the household level. The individual motivation of municipal actors to pursue climate adaptation can be important for the implementation of such measures, obviously alongside several other factors, such as financial and administrative issues. A questionnaire survey with a non-random sample of 77 local government actors from 15 of the 16 German federal states was conducted, focusing on potential key factors concerning the motivation to implement adaptation measures against hazardous impacts of heavy rain. Additionally, the perceived effectiveness and realizability of selected municipal structural measures and of activation measures promoting self-protective behavior were collected. It can be shown that the perceived realizability of adaptation measures as well as knowledge of risk and adaptation may be key factors in the motivation to implement both activation and structural measures, while motivation and implementation are only partially related. The results imply a need for the evaluation of activation measures and a need for further research on the motivation of municipal actors to implement activation measures.
Jana Werg; Torsten Grothmann; Stefan Löchtefeld. Fostering Self-Protection against Impacts of Heavy Rain at the Municipal Level. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7019 .
AMA StyleJana Werg, Torsten Grothmann, Stefan Löchtefeld. Fostering Self-Protection against Impacts of Heavy Rain at the Municipal Level. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7019.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJana Werg; Torsten Grothmann; Stefan Löchtefeld. 2021. "Fostering Self-Protection against Impacts of Heavy Rain at the Municipal Level." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7019.
We report the results on factors for self-protective behavior against weather extremes such as extreme heat events, drought, and heavy precipitation. Our research draws on the Model of Private Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change (MPPACC). We developed a survey instrument incorporating the main aspects of the MPPACC and other factors from related research works that are assumed to explain why some people show self-protective behavior while others do not. The interview survey was conducted with a non-random sample of 210 respondents from three Philippine cities, namely Baguio, Dagupan, and Tuguegarao. The results reveal the importance of adaptation appraisal, including the perceived feasibility of self-protective measures, the perceived adaptation knowledge, and, with limitations, the perception of actions taken by neighbors or friends. We also show that perceptions of past weather trends are closely linked to risk perception but are only partly corroborated by weather station data. Implications for fostering self-protective behavior are making use of time windows right after an extreme weather event and focusing on enhancing adaptation appraisal.
Jana Lorena Werg; Torsten Grothmann; Michael Spies; Harald A. Mieg. Factors for Self-Protective Behavior Against Extreme Weather Events in the Philippines. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6010 .
AMA StyleJana Lorena Werg, Torsten Grothmann, Michael Spies, Harald A. Mieg. Factors for Self-Protective Behavior Against Extreme Weather Events in the Philippines. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):6010.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJana Lorena Werg; Torsten Grothmann; Michael Spies; Harald A. Mieg. 2020. "Factors for Self-Protective Behavior Against Extreme Weather Events in the Philippines." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 6010.