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Official and folk flood warning systems: An assessment

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Recent floods in West Bengal, India, focused public attention on the inadequacies of the flood warning system. This study examines some socioeconomic constraints on the communication of flood warning messages. It then looks at perceptions of, and responses by, villagers in a flood-prone region of West Bengal to official and folk flood warnings.

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Schware, R. Official and folk flood warning systems: An assessment. Environmental Management 6, 209–216 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01866884

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