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Socio-economic subsystem
Natural subsystem
Suscepbility
Resilience/
resistance
Natural
vulnerability
Biogeophysical
effects
Autonomous
adaptaon
Planned
adaptaon
Socio-economic
vulnerability
Impact
potenal
Ability to
prevent or cope
Residual impacts
Autonomous
adaptaon
Planned
adaptaon
Other climac
and non-climac
stresses
Accelerated
sea level rise
Fig. 6.4 Conceptual framework for coastal vulnerability assessment. Source: adapted from Sterr
et al. (2000)
Risk Perception
“The day-to-day, “intuitive” perception and evaluation of risks (in short: risk perception) is
a basis for acting and behaving in dangerous situations. It is also fundamental for decisions
such as whether preventive protective measurements are taken or not” (Plapp, 2001, p. 2).
Formerly, risk analysis and risk management based mainly on the technical or scientific
approaches and were defined by the risk of technical constructions like nuclear power
plants. The same is valid for coastal protection – for example, Giszas (2003); Kunz (2004),
and RIKZ (2002) for The Netherlands.
Scientists and decision-makers who assess and develop strategies to reduce the vulnerability of
coastal zones to natural hazards and to improve disaster preparedness have to consider aspects
in addition to quantitative measurable determinants such as inundation depth or the number
of people affected. Whether a hazard has negative impacts on coastal societies or turns into a
disaster depends to a great extent on human behavior. The human behavior in turn depends not
on facts, but on perception, experience and knowledge. (Kaiser, 2006, p. 158)
Plapp (2003) carried out a comprehensive empirical investigation of risk perception of natural hazards (storm, high fluvial water, earthquakes) in different areas of Germany which
133
Socio-economic subsystem
Natural subsystem
Suscepbility
Resilience/
resistance
Natural
vulnerability
Biogeophysical
effects
Autonomous
adaptaon
Planned
adaptaon
Socio-economic
vulnerability
Impact
potenal
Ability to
prevent or cope
Residual impacts
Autonomous
adaptaon
Planned
adaptaon
Other climac
and non-climac
stresses
Accelerated
sea level rise
Fig. 6.4 Conceptual framework for coastal vulnerability assessment. Source: adapted from Sterr
et al. (2000)
Risk Perception
“The day-to-day, “intuitive” perception and evaluation of risks (in short: risk perception) is
a basis for acting and behaving in dangerous situations. It is also fundamental for decisions
such as whether preventive protective measurements are taken or not” (Plapp, 2001, p. 2).
Formerly, risk analysis and risk management based mainly on the technical or scientific
approaches and were defined by the risk of technical constructions like nuclear power
plants. The same is valid for coastal protection – for example, Giszas (2003); Kunz (2004),
and RIKZ (2002) for The Netherlands.
Scientists and decision-makers who assess and develop strategies to reduce the vulnerability of
coastal zones to natural hazards and to improve disaster preparedness have to consider aspects
in addition to quantitative measurable determinants such as inundation depth or the number
of people affected. Whether a hazard has negative impacts on coastal societies or turns into a
disaster depends to a great extent on human behavior. The human behavior in turn depends not
on facts, but on perception, experience and knowledge. (Kaiser, 2006, p. 158)
Plapp (2003) carried out a comprehensive empirical investigation of risk perception of natural hazards (storm, high fluvial water, earthquakes) in different areas of Germany which