Enhancing community resilience to ice-jam floods through individuals' mitigation efforts.

ABSTRACT: Due to its rapid occurrence and potential for severe damage, ice-jam flooding poses a major threat to riverine communities in cold regions like Canada. Mitigating these flood damages requires public and private strategies. This study investigates the socio-economic and psychological factors influencing residents' ice-jam flood mitigation decisions in Fort McMurray, Canada, by the integration of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and the Transtheoretical Model (TTM). To fulfill this goal, we conducted a structured survey among the sampled residents. Key factors such as threat experience appraisal, self-efficacy, and perceived costs turn out to be the important factors in flood mitigation actions. This study suggests that policy approaches should be diversified toward the unique needs of dif

SUBMITTER: Ghoreishi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12048527 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature