Were the floods in the UK 2007 and Germany 2013 game-changers?

This dataset concerns recovery after major floods in the UK 2007 and Germany 2013. It contains two sheets. The first sheet contains data from a survey of residents and local businesses in Catcliffe, between Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire and in Dreiflüsse-Eck, the “Three Rivers Corner” in Passau in Bavaria conducted in late 2018 and early 2019. The second sheet conatisn data from a survey with flood experts in the UK and Germany. 

The two events were comparable in terms of impacts, levels of preparedness and government response and show similar patterns of speed and quality of recovery. The two case study areas are similar in size and were amongst places most badly hit in each country. Both floods were considered to be \"game-changers\" and resulted in a heightened awareness of flood risk, increased investment in flood defences and an increasing emphasis on citizens taking more responsibility for flood preparedness.Â

本数据集聚焦2007年英国与2013年德国特大洪水后的灾后恢复议题。数据集包含两个工作表：第一个工作表收录了2018年末至2019年初，针对南约克郡谢菲尔德与罗瑟勒姆之间的卡特克利夫（Catcliffe），以及巴伐利亚州帕绍的「三河角（Dreiflüsse-Eck）」两地居民与本地商户开展的调研数据；第二个工作表则收录了针对英国与德国洪水领域专家开展的调研数据。

两场洪水在灾害影响、防灾准备水平与政府应对举措层面具有可比性，灾后恢复的速度与质量模式也高度相似。两个案例研究区域规模相近，且均为两国受灾害冲击最严重的区域之一。两场洪水均被视为「变革性事件」，推动社会对洪水风险的认知大幅提升，防洪防御相关投资有所增加，同时也愈发强调公民需承担更多洪水防灾准备的责任。