Statistical analysis of flood risk perception: a case study for Eastern Black Sea Basin, Turkey

In this study, results of a questionnaire which was used for a previous study and had been administered to participants from Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey were further investigated using statistical methods. The main aim was to understand how demographic factors such as age, gender and education level affect people’s flood risk perception. It was also desired to see that whether they were aware of the parties responsible for taking mitigation measures, or whether they know about possible flood mitigation measures or not.

When a comparison is made between the results of Anılan and Yüksek (2017) and this study, there are some consistencies and disagreements. In both studies, flood experience affected flood risk perception levels. However, this study found no statistically significant relationship between gender and FRP.