Social consequences of catastrophic floods
Abstract
Any catastrophic flooding leads to numerous social consequences. A content analysis of publications on five major events in different countries (Pakistan (2010); Thailand (2011); Australia (2011); Russia (2012); the USA (2013)) allowed identifying the degree of actualization of these consequences in scientific publications. It was shown that the most discussed social consequences were the human losses, social solidarity and management problems. The problems of psychological state of the population, horizontal and vertical mobility were of the intermediate interest. The problems of social conflict, adaptation, health losses were the least discussed. Social consequences could be negative (human and sanitary losses, deterioration of social and psychological state, etc.) and positive (activation of social adaptation processes, growth of social solidarity and improvement of crisis management tools of the community). The range of the problems is determined by specific features of a particular flood. For example, in the case of Krymsk flood (Russia, 2012), the most frequently discussed topics were the human losses (26,2%), changes in the level of social solidarity (26,2%), and management decisions of authorities in crisis situation (19,1%).
Supporting agencies: Empirical data were collected and processed under the research theme of the Makkaveev Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Fluvial Processes of the MSU Faculty of Geography; theoretical verification and interpretation of results were carried out under the research plan of the Department of Sociology and Culturology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
About the Authors
V. P. Bondarev
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Makkaveev Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Fluvial Processes, Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Sociology and Culturology, Associate Professor
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Makkaveev Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Fluvial Processes, Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Sociology and Culturology, Associate Professor
Yu. A. Bolkhovitinova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Faculty of Sociology, Department of Sociology of Public Administration, Master’s Student
Russian Federation
Faculty of Sociology, Department of Sociology of Public Administration, Master’s Student
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Bondarev V.P., Bolkhovitinova Yu.A. Social consequences of catastrophic floods. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2019;(5):21-29. (In Russ.)
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