The Determinants of Farmers’ Perceived Flood Risk and Their Flood Adaptation Assessments: A Study in a Char-Land Area of Bangladesh
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article has a good structure, but it will be better if the aim of research was clearly define and point in the text. It will be useful for the reader to know what is the relative share of char-lands in the study area. If you have such information please add it, as well as a map of the river system in the study site and the areas that are at risk of flooding. There is not information when the survey was done. Please add the period of your visit in the object of research. There are different ways of writing of 'char-lands' (with first capital letter (for example line 182) and without first capital letter (for example again line 182). Please, check the text again.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Reviewer report – Manuscript “The Determinants of Farmers’ Perceived Flood Risk and their Flood Adaptation Assessments: A study in a Char-land Area of Bangladesh”
by Md Omar Faruk and Keshav Lall Maharjan
According to the authors of the article, farmers' perceptions of flood risk and assessments of their capacity to adapt to floods are influenced by the local environment, socioeconomic circumstances, geographic location, and resource availability.
Farmers who have already encountered flooding are more likely to perceive higher flood risks and are better able to comprehend the possible effects because of past experiences. These farmers also tend to have relevant attitudes concerning flood risks and adaptation methods.
The Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) is concerned with how people react to and perceive dangers, such as floods and other natural disasters, and how these reactions affect their drive to defend themselves by engaging in adaptive activities.
To find patterns in farmers' threat and adaptation evaluations, adaptive behavior intentions, and factors influencing them, survey results were examined using the proper statistical procedures.
The authors appropriately supported their assessment of perceived risk by incorporating aspects of survey design, data collection, and statistical analysis. Respondents were asked to rate how likely and severely they thought floods would affect various parts of their lives, such as important possessions, crops and animals, physical health, and income, if no flood adaptation measures were taken. For a clear characterization of perceived risk, the variables, description, and unit of measurement, as well as the dependent variables, were chosen.
This paper, in a major revised form, would be helpful to the community and can be published in this journal. I hope my comments help to guide the authors in that direction.
Genneral comments and suggestions:
1. I believe that showing the histogram plots for the variables in an appendix is better for the readers;
2. You must explain the kind of statistical analysis that was used in the evaluation of the PMT components, including correlation analysis (using Pearson's correlation coefficient or Spearman's rank correlation, for example) and possibly regression analysis (how is the threat perceived);
3. Basic issues like "advantages and disadvantages" of the methodologies used to arrive at the results, etc., should be highlighted.
The paper should be published because it provides the readers of this journal with useful information, but I believe it needs to be revised in light of earlier suggestions.
I commend the authors for their efforts and for taking on such a fascinating subject.
Best Wishes,
The reviewer
Author Response
Thank you very much for your thoughtful review comments. We have addressed your comments as shown in the attached file and have been incorporated in the revised manuscript highlighted in yellow.
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Reviewer 3 Report
This manuscript used the protection motivation theory (PMT) to measure farmers' perceived flood risk and adaptation assessments in Bangladesh. The topic is interesting. However, the novelty of methodologies and contributions to the field are both limited. The manuscript is not new in analyzing the flood risk perception and adoption by the PMT method on a regional scale. Therefore, I can’t recommend it to be published in this Journal.
The introduction should be revised as it doesn’t review the literature sufficiently. Such as Literature 7 analyzes the impact of farmers’ participation on Adoption of Flood Adaptation Strategies of Sirajganj District Bangladesh. What are the innovations in this manuscript compared to Literature 7?
Reference:
Faruk, M.O.; Maharjan, K.L. Impact of Farmers’ Participation in Community-Based Organizations on Adoption of Flood Adaptation Strategies: A Case Study in a Char-Land Area of Sirajganj District Bangladesh. Sustainability 2022, 14, 8959. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148959.
no comments.
Author Response
Thank you very much for your thoughtful review comments. We have addressed your comments as shown in the attached file and have been incorporated in the revised manuscript highlighted in yellow.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
I wish to commend the authors on a well-written paper on a very interesting subject. The manuscript exhibits qualities that the journal's readers will appreciate.
The authors' response is correct, and the work can be published in this form in the journal Sustainability.
Reviewer 3 Report
The authors have made substantial additions to the Introduction and Results Analysis sections of the manuscript. The readability of the manuscript has been greatly improved by the revision. Therefore, I recommend the manuscript for publication in this journal.
