How long do floods throughout the millennium remain in the collective memory?

How long do floods throughout the millennium remain in the collective memory?

Concept of learning from history assumes that information is handed between generations to avoid negative effect of hazards. Here the authors analysed human behaviour and decision making on post-flood settlements and showed flood memory faded away in two generations, which is insufficient to protect...

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Main Authors: Václav Fanta, Miroslav Šálek, Petr Sklenicka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09102-3
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spelling doaj-175b24c183b240e2adeba455086bf2662021-05-11T11:39:03ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-03-011011910.1038/s41467-019-09102-3How long do floods throughout the millennium remain in the collective memory?Václav Fanta0Miroslav Šálek1Petr Sklenicka2Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences PragueFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences PragueFaculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences PragueConcept of learning from history assumes that information is handed between generations to avoid negative effect of hazards. Here the authors analysed human behaviour and decision making on post-flood settlements and showed flood memory faded away in two generations, which is insufficient to protect human settlements from rare catastrophic floods.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09102-3
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title_short How long do floods throughout the millennium remain in the collective memory?
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description Concept of learning from history assumes that information is handed between generations to avoid negative effect of hazards. Here the authors analysed human behaviour and decision making on post-flood settlements and showed flood memory faded away in two generations, which is insufficient to protect human settlements from rare catastrophic floods.
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