Percepción del riesgo de inundaciones en municipios litorales alicantinos: ¿aumento de la vulnerabilidad?

Abstract

During last two decades, coastal areas of Alicante have recorded a high increase of the vulnerability to flood phenomena. It is as consequence of the increase in the physical exposure to the same ones, caused by the sprawl of new urban-tourist residential areas. In this paper, social perception of flood risk it is analyzed, considering variables of resistance and resilien- ce to confront this natural hazard. It is offered results of perception surveys carried out in permanent and seasonal populations affected by floods on coastal municipalities of Alicante.