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Session

Natural disasters and climate adaptation
Location: Auditorium B: Frøystein Gjesdal
Session Chair: Haoran Yu, University of Antwerp

Presentation 4

Are citizens willing to take action on their private properties on stormwater management in Finland and Norway? A discrete choice experiment

Haoran Yu¹, Amalie Bjornavold¹, Liuliu Du-Ikonen², Steven van Passel¹, Jan Cools¹

1: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: LUT University

Discussant: Yannik Josef Stuka (Ca\' Foscari University of Venice)

Urban flooding poses a significant climate change risk to cities, threatening both ecosystem health and human well-being. Stormwater management (SWM) has emerged as a key strategy to reduce urban vulnerability to flood risk. While research has primarily focused on the environmental benefits of public green infrastructure for SWM solutions, less is known about citizens' preferences for implementing SWM on their own properties, considering both green and grey solutions. Using a discrete choice experiment (DCE) with over 2000 residents in Finland and Norway, the research explores factors influencing private investment in SWM. The results indicate that residents prioritise SWM measures that reduce property damage and water runoff while decreasing water pollution. Surprisingly, citizens’ interest in SWM measures that improve the aesthetics of their property and community was relatively lower. Additionally, citizens are averse to SWM requiring frequent maintenance. However, there is a significant diversity in preferences, as the relative importance of factors varies widely among respondents, especially for maintenance frequency and aesthetics improvement. These findings provide insights for policymakers on how to incentivise private investment in SWM and better align infrastructure strategies with residents’ practical concerns about reducing flooding risk.