Identification of Patterns and Influential Factors on Civil Protection Personnel Opinions and Views on Different Aspects of Flood Risk Management: The Case of Greece

Diakakis, Michalis; Damigos, Dimitris G.; Kallioras, Andreas

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Identification of Patterns and Influential Factors on Civil Protection Personnel Opinions and Views on Different Aspects of Flood Risk Management: The Case of Greece

Michalis Diakakis

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Dimitris G. Damigos

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Andreas Kallioras

Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli, GR15784 Zografou, Greece

School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR15780 Athens, Greece

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Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5585; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145585

Received: 9 June 2020 / Revised: 7 July 2020 / Accepted: 8 July 2020 / Published: 11 July 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate-Related Hazards and Human Health: Mortality, Psychosocial Aspects, and Mitigation Policies)

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The views and perceptions of the civil protection community have a central position in any risk management process or initiative, and are crucial to its success. However, knowledge of the views and perceptions of officials, and what affects them remains limited in the current literature. This work uses questionnaires to explore the views of civil protection personnel in Greece on different elements of flood risk management and identify factors that influence them. Results provide a basic understanding of officials’ views, indicating certain shortcomings in various sectors and dissatisfaction in several aspects of everyday practice. Interestingly, responses of participants to perception- and knowledge-related questions show a pattern, relating to respondents’ attributes and characteristics, such as experience, age, qualifications, and others. On the contrary, their views on everyday practice issues of flood risk management are associated with the type of position they have in the civil protection community. The findings contribute to the overall effort to improve the understanding of the characteristics of civil protection organizations across Europe, as a means to enhance cooperation. View Full-Text

Keywords: risk perception; civil protection; officials; flood risk management; personnel

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Diakakis, M.; Damigos, D.G.; Kallioras, A. Identification of Patterns and Influential Factors on Civil Protection Personnel Opinions and Views on Different Aspects of Flood Risk Management: The Case of Greece. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145585

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Diakakis M, Damigos DG, Kallioras A. Identification of Patterns and Influential Factors on Civil Protection Personnel Opinions and Views on Different Aspects of Flood Risk Management: The Case of Greece. Sustainability. 2020; 12(14):5585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145585

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Diakakis, Michalis, Dimitris G. Damigos, and Andreas Kallioras. 2020. "Identification of Patterns and Influential Factors on Civil Protection Personnel Opinions and Views on Different Aspects of Flood Risk Management: The Case of Greece" Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145585

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