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Zahran, S., S.D. Brody, W.G. Peacock, A. Vedlitz, and H. Grover, 2008: Social vulnerability and the natural and built environment: a model of flood casualties in Texas. Disasters, 32(4), 537-560.

May 10, 2013 Rachel Hogan Carr

This study assesses what physical and social factors increase the likelihood for fatalities during floods. The authors analyze 832 countywide…

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Posted in: Floods, Forecast & Response Improvements, Lit Rev, Vulnerability

Grothmann, T. and Reusswig, F., 2006: People at risk of flooding: Why some residents take precautionary action while others do not. Natural Hazards. 38:101–120.

Rachel Hogan Carr

The overall goal of this paper is to understand self-protective behavior by the public in flood-prone areas. This paper is…

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Posted in: Communication/Dissemination, Decision Making & Response, Floods, Preparedness & Motivation, Risk Perceptions, Survey

Zaalberg, R., C. Midden, A. Meijnders, T. McCalley, 2009: Prevention, Adaptation, and Threat Denial: Flooding Experiences in the Netherlands. Risk Analysis. 29:1759-1778.

Rachel Hogan Carr

The main objective of this study was to better understand if previous flood experience by residents in the Netherlands led…

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Posted in: Coping & Adaptation, Floods, Preparedness & Motivation, Risk Perceptions, Survey, Vulnerability

Carsell, K.M., N.D. Pingel, and D.T. Ford, 2004: Quantifying the benefit of a flood warning system. Natural Hazards Review, 5(3), 131-140.

Rachel Hogan Carr

This paper describes a flood warning system that increases the mitigation time before the onset of a flood. This flood…

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Posted in: Decision Making & Response, Floods, Hydro, Hydrometeorology & Warning Systems

National Weather Service, Service Assessment. “Southeast United States Floods, September 18-23, 2009.” May, 2010.

Rachel Hogan Carr

In September 2009, flash flood and areal flooding covered areas of Georgia, Alabama, and southeastern Tennessee after rainfall in the…

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Posted in: False Alarms, Flash Floods, Floods, Interview

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Focus on Floods

This website was designed to educate the public in the Delaware River Basin about flood risk. Since then, the website has become a resource for flood education materials, and now includes social science research  related to flooding, resources and information on coastal flooding, and important tools to help communities prepare and reduce losses due to flooding.

Nurture Nature Center is a center for community learning about environmental risks in Easton, Pennsylvania that was established in response to repetitive flooding in the Delaware River Basin in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Nurture Nature Center is a joint project of Nurture Nature Foundation, Inc. and Nurture Nature Center, Inc. Since its formation in 2007, Nurture Nature Center has conducted a series of research and education projects about flooding, and developed this website in partnership with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For more about Nurture Nature Center, visit nurturenaturecenter.org

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Phone: (610) 253-4432
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This website was originally prepared under the award number NA09NWS4670005 from NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. For a complete set of grant attributions, click here.

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