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Sharing the Pain

Perceptions of Fairness Affect Private and Public Response to Hazards

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ID7258756
AuthorsW Neil Adger (0000-0003-4244-2854, University of Exeter), Therese Quinn (0000-0002-5375-6085, University of Exeter), Tara Quinn, Irene Lorenzoni (0000-0001-8226-5755, Tyndall Centre), Conor Murphy (0000-0003-4891-2650, National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Year2016
Volume106
Issue5
Pages1079-1096
Publication date2016-06-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/24694452.2016.1182005
OpenAlexW2409774272
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited57

Structural causes of vulnerability to hazards are well established in geographical research. But what facilitates individual adaptive behavior? How does the performance of government intervention affect such behavior? Drawing on political economy, environmental psychology, and climate justice perspectives, we explore how perceived fairness of responses to weather-related extreme events affects the public and private distribution of responsibility and action. We focus on flood risk and examine how perceptions of fairness of response by residents in flood-affected areas, along with their prior experience of flooding and perceptions of scope of government responsibility and capacity, affect willingness to take individual adaptive action. We use data from surveys of 356 households affected by a flood event in November 2009 in Cumbria, UK, and Galway, Ireland, to compare perceptions of fairness of responses and private intentions across two political jurisdictions. We find that aspects of fairness are related to willingness to take adaptive action but vary with context, experience, and knowledge of flooding. In Cumbria, where there is greater experience of flooding, willingness to act correlates with procedural justice, risk knowledge, and capacity. Capacity for flood management in Galway is firmly associated with state agencies, whereas in Cumbria it is perceived to result from responsibilities of public and private action. These findings highlight the central role of government action and its perceived fairness in structuring private responses to environmental risks and point to the crucial role of climate justice perspectives in navigating adaptation

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