Household response to flash flooding in the United States and India: A comparative study of the 2013 Colorado and Uttarakhand Disasters

Hao-Che Wu; Sudha Arlikatti; Andrew Prelog; Clayton Wukich

doi:10.1201/9781315315928

Household response to flash flooding in the United States and India: A comparative study of the 2013 Colorado and Uttarakhand Disasters

Hao-Che Wu
, Sudha Arlikatti
, Andrew Prelog
, Clayton Wukich

Urban Affairs, Maxine Goodman Levin School of

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Abstract

Flash floods are dangerous weather-related disasters. There are no recent studies focused on immediate household response to floods that examine two countries, using comparable approaches, to acquire those data. This chapter fills this gap by presenting an empirical analysis of two disaster events: the June 2013 flash flood in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand, North India, and the September 2013 flood in Colorado, United States. This study examines immediate flood response data from the perspective of local residents, including their flood emergency information source, perceived flood risk, and response. The results show that there are behavioral and emotional response differences between the Indian sample and Colorado sample.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Responses to Disasters and Climate Change: Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience
Place of Publication	che
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	37-47
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315315911
ISBN (Print)	9781498760966
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315315928
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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