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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Autores principales: Václav Fanta, Miroslav Šálek, Petr Sklenicka
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/175b24c183b240e2adeba455086bf266
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Sumario: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.