Flood risk perception and communication within risk management in different cultural contexts [Elektronische Ressource] : a comparative case study between Wuhan, China and Cologne, Germany / vorglegt von Xiaomeng Shen

FLOOD RISK PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION WITHIN RISK MANAGEMENT IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY BETWEEN WUHAN, CHINA AND COLOGNE, GERMANY Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn vorgelegt von Xiaomeng Shen aus Beijing, VR China Bonn, 2009 Gedruckt mit der Genehmigung der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Zusammensetzung der Prüfungskommissio: n Prof. Dr. Helmuth Toepfer Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pohl Prof. Dr. Libor Jansky Prof. Dr. Eckart Ehlers Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 19. 06. 2009 2LWLHGUGLWXK%*9XJWJDXFHKHWHLUQ9HLXL*UUHUWHDWUDFK]WU*XH]QULLUWHVW0DFKWWOXH*GQHHZWH%LQWUHXUUHHVSUH?HQIWXVQRJVGEHHWUVHRFWFKQDedicated to: my parents who have always encouraged me to pursue an academic life and helped me to make it possible; my husband and son, who allowed me to “flood” our house and their brain cells for four years and left me enough “retention area” to “flow”. 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT ( 768-824) “Without the horse master Bole there would be no horses of one thousand miles. A horse which can run one thousand miles in one stroke is not at all rare.