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Abstract

São Vicente Island (Republic of Cape Verde) lies within the Sahelian zone and faces several natural hazards, one of which is flash flooding. With the purpose of understanding what factors determine flash flood risk perception, a questionnaire entitled Flash Flood Hazard Perception in Cape Verde was applied to 199 subjects. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to identify the primary factors associated with the perception of flash flood risk. Differences between different groups under the same impact factor were also compared. The results indicated that certain socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents (gender, level of education, and type of housing) and prior experience correlated with flash flood risk perception. The study also shows statistical differences between the groups. In general, males and the respondents with a high level of education, homeowners, and people with prior experience have better perception of the flash flood risk. These findings can help decision makers to improve effective flash flood risk communication policies and flood risk reduction strategies.

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Title
Flash Flood Risk Perception by the Population of Mindelo, S. Vicente (Cape Verde)
Author
Martins, Bruno 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Nunes, Adélia 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lourenço, Luciano 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Velez-Castro, Fátima 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 CEGOT (Centre of Studies on Geography and Spatial Planning), RISCOS, University of Coimbra, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal 
 Department of Geography and Tourism, CEGOT (Centre of Studies on Geography and Spatial Planning), University of Coimbra, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal; [email protected] (A.N.); [email protected] (L.L.); [email protected] (F.V.C.) 
First page
1895
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734441
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2550462703
Copyright
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.