Place attachment and flood preparedness |
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Authors: | Sasmita Mishra Sanjoy Mazumdar Damodar Suar |
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Institution: | 1. Asian School of Business Management, Shiksha Vihar, P.O. Chandaka, Bhubaneswar-754005, Orissa, India;2. Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-7075, USA;3. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, India |
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Abstract: | Does place attachment and the consequent emotional connections and ties that people have with environments affect their preparedness for natural disasters, such as floods? This study took up this research question for the understudied geographical region of Orissa, India. In particular, investigation focused on three kinds of place attachment, viz. economic, genealogical, and religious. Contextualized scales for place attachment and flood preparedness were developed for a survey. Data were collected from 300 residents in flood prone areas. Validity and reliability of the scales were established. Overall, place attachment was found to significantly influence flood preparedness. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to determine whether the three factors of place attachment influence flood preparedness. Controlling for confounding effects of age and family type, regression analysis revealed that people having genealogical and economic place attachment prepared for floods, but those with religious place attachment did not prepare for floods. The implications of these findings for future studies are described. |
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Keywords: | Place attachment Flood preparedness Natural disaster preparedness Emotional connections to place Orissa India |
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