Flood Perception from Local Perspective of Rural Community vs. Geomorphological Control of Fluvial Processes in Large Alluvial Valley (the Middle Vistula River, Poland)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area, Methods and Outline of the 2010 Flood
2.1. The Study Area
2.2. Methods
2.3. The Origin of the 2010 Pluvial Flood
2.4. The 2010 Flood Dynamics in the Middle Vistula River
3. Results
3.1. Population of the Interviewees
3.2. Collective Flood Memory after 12 Years
3.2.1. Inundation Height
3.2.2. Economic Losses
3.2.3. Sense of Place on the Flood-Prone Area: Flood Risk and Recurrence of a Flood
3.2.4. Collective Memory of the Flood’s Causes
3.2.5. Correlation between Floodplain Height, Inundation Height and Perception of Safety
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Krasiewicz, D.W.; Wierzbicki, G. Flood Perception from Local Perspective of Rural Community vs. Geomorphological Control of Fluvial Processes in Large Alluvial Valley (the Middle Vistula River, Poland). Hydrology 2023, 10, 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10100191
Krasiewicz DW, Wierzbicki G. Flood Perception from Local Perspective of Rural Community vs. Geomorphological Control of Fluvial Processes in Large Alluvial Valley (the Middle Vistula River, Poland). Hydrology. 2023; 10(10):191. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10100191
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrasiewicz, Daria Wiesława, and Grzegorz Wierzbicki. 2023. "Flood Perception from Local Perspective of Rural Community vs. Geomorphological Control of Fluvial Processes in Large Alluvial Valley (the Middle Vistula River, Poland)" Hydrology 10, no. 10: 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10100191