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The 2013 Flood in the Community of Elbe-Havel-Land in the Eyes of the Population Research Report of the Quantitative Survey The 2013 Flood in the Community of Elbe-Havel-Land in the Eyes of the Population Research Report of the Quantitative Survey DRU Working Paper Vol. 08 Jessica Reiter Bettin a Wenzel, Dr. Cordula Dittmer, Dr. Daniel F. Lorenz Martin Voss, Prof. Dr. © 2018 DRU. All authors are responsible for the content of this document. The commercial use of this document, including excerpts, is strictly forbidden without written permission from the authors. Cite as: Reiter, Jessica; Wenzel, Bettina; Dittmer, Cordula; Lorenz, Daniel F.; Voss, Martin (2018): The 2013 flood in the community of Elbe-Havel-Land in the eyes of the population. Research report of the quantitative survey. KFS Working Paper 08. Berlin: KFS. Available online under http://www.polsoz.fu- berlin.de/ethnologie/forschung/arbeitsstellen/katastrophenforschung/publikationen/index.html. DOI: 10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000028852 Disaster Research Unit (DRU) Freie Universität Berlin FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10 12165 Berlin Disaster Research Unit | Working Paper Series | Vol.08 | 2018 I Table of Contents Abstract ..................................................................................................................................... IV 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 2. Data Collection and Sample Composition .......................................................................... 2 3. The Impact of the Flood and its Subjective Assessment .................................................... 6 4. Coping and Processing Three Years after the Event .......................................................... 8 5. Need for Assistance during and after the Flooding ........................................................... 9 6. Lack of Support ................................................................................................................. 15 7. Sources of Support ........................................................................................................... 18 8. Evaluation of Civil Protection Organizations and Agencies ............................................. 23 9. Evaluation of Support from the Population ..................................................................... 25 10. Voluntary Engagement during Disaster Response .......................................................... 28 11. Precautionary Behavior ................................................................................................... 30 12. Summary and Outlook ..................................................................................................... 33 Works Cited .............................................................................................................................. 35 Edition Notice ........................................................................................................................... 36 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. 37 II Reiter, J., Wenzel, B., Dittmer, C., Lorenz, D.F. and Voss, M. | The 2013 flood in the community of Elbe-Havel-Land List of Figures Figure 1: Distribution of the surveyed households across the towns and villages in the municipality of Elbe-Havel-Land ...................................... 2 Figure 2: Age of survey participants compared to the general population ............................... 3 Figure 3: Highest level of professional training .......................................................................... 4 Figure 4: Employment status ..................................................................................................... 4 Figure 5: Household income ...................................................................................................... 5 Figure 6: Distribution of material and financial damage ........................................................... 6 Figure 7: Non-material impact ................................................................................................... 7 Figure 8: Assessment of material and non-material impacts .................................................... 7 Figure 9: Ability to cope with the flood ...................................................................................... 8 Figure 10: Processing the flood .................................................................................................. 8 Figure 11: Evacuation and response to the evacuation order ................................................... 9 Figure 12: Accommodation during the flood ........................................................................... 10 Figure 13: Return after the evacuation .................................................................................... 10 Figure 14: Need for information during and after the flood ................................................... 11 Figure 15: Need for material and financial support ................................................................. 12 Figure 16: Need for medical support ....................................................................................... 12 Figure 17: Need for psychosocial support................................................................................ 13 Figure 18: Need for support three years after the flood ......................................................... 14 Figure 19: Need for differentiated support three years after the flood .................................. 14 Figure 20: Lacking forms of support ......................................................................................... 15 Figure 21: Primary sources of useful information .................................................................... 19 Figure 22: Primary sources of material support ...................................................................... 20 Figure 23: Primary sources of medical support ....................................................................... 21 Figure 24: Primary sources of psychosocial support ................................................................ 22 Figure 25: Experience with institutions during the 2013 flood ................................................ 23 Figure 26: Changes in trust in institutions following the 2013 flood ....................................... 24 Figure 27: Trust in institutions ................................................................................................. 24 Disaster Research Unit | Working Paper Series | Vol.08 | 2018 III Figure 28: The population’s support of other people organizations ....................................... 25 Figure 29: Support from the population .................................................................................. 26 Figure 30: Assessment of neighborhood support during the disaster .................................... 27 Figure 31: Changes in solidarity and cohesion of neighborhood residents after the flood .... 27 Figure 32: Estimation of the usefulness of prior volunteer engagement for disaster response ............................................................. 28 Figure 33: Forms of volunteer engagement in the community ............................................... 29 Figure 34: Changes in community life (Vereinsleben) after the flood ..................................... 29 Figure 35: Assessment of one’s own protective measures ..................................................... 31 Figure 36: Changes in risk awareness and protective measures ............................................. 31 Figure 37: Awareness of weather warnings ............................................................................. 32 Figure 38: Perceptions of dangers and daily risk ..................................................................... 32 List of Tables Table 1: Missing information during and after the flood ......................................................... 16 Table 2: Lacking material and financial support during and after the flood ........................... 17 Table 3: Estimation of the usefulness of prior voluntary engagement for disaster response 28 Table 4: Preparation prior to the flood .................................................................................... 30 IV Reiter, J., Wenzel, B., Dittmer, C., Lorenz, D.F. and Voss, M. | The 2013 flood in the community of Elbe-Havel-Land Abstract During the 2013 European floods, the municipalities of the Elbe-Havel-Land in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, were flooded after the water masses of the Elbe River caused a dike to break; houses, streets and plots of land were destroyed. This report, based on the results of a quantitative survey carried out three years after the event, shines light on the effects of the 2013 Flood, and how well, according to the perception of residents, the disaster has been dealt with. Based on personally experienced material and immaterial impacts and on the state of psychological recuperation, we highlight the need for further support needed, identify what kinds of aid have been missing, and illustrate the relative importance of different actors throughout the disaster. The results indicate that the need for assistance varies especially with regard to time, that after-effects continued to linger at the time of questioning, and that accordingly there is a continued need for support. Keywords: 2013 European floods, quantitative survey, need for support, impact on living conditions
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