Analysis of individual real-time responses to flooding and influence on damage to households

Abstract

This research exploits data collected in 1988 over more than 400 households in eight sites in France, with varied hydrological and hydraulic features. Surveys concerned previously flooded urban and sub-urban areas, and looked for data on housing and household characteristics, building and content, damage costs, preparedness and real-time warning and responses. Explanatory analysis of responses is conducted through Factor Analysis of Multiple Correspondences, on various factors: flood hazard features, flooding, building characteristics and occupancy, household characterstics... Further on, these results lead to the development of new flood damage relationships between damage and explanatory factors. -from Authors