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Abstract

Adverse outcomes from 2014 flooding in Serbia indicated problematic response phase management accentuated by a gender imbalance. For this reason, we investigated the risk perceptions and preparedness of women and men regarding these types of events in Serbia. Face-to-face interviews, administered to 2500 participants, were conducted across 19 of 191 municipalities. In light of the current findings, men seemed to be more confident in their abilities to cope with flooding, perceiving greater individual and household preparedness. By contrast, women displayed a deeper understanding of these events. Perhaps owing to a deeper level of understanding, women demonstrated more household-caring attitudes and behaviors and were more prone to report a willingness to help flood victims at reception centers. Emergency management agencies and land planners should account for these differences in gender awareness and preparedness. Based on these findings, doing so may increase citizen participation and shared responsibility under flood hazard scenarios.

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Title
The Role of Gender in Preparedness and Response Behaviors towards Flood Risk in Serbia
Author
Cvetković, Vladimir M 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Roder, Giulia 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Öcal, Adem 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tarolli, Paolo 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dragićević, Slavoljub 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vučića 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia 
 Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Agripolis, viale dell’ Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy 
 Independent Researcher, 06500 Ankara, Turkey 
 Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 
First page
2761
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2582828181
Copyright
© 2018 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.