10.2190/EEHE-6LXP-7CUH-TYAD EEHE6LXP7CUHTYAD 2 The Structure of Public Attitudes Toward Social Science Research on Flood Damage Prevention 223 229 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 EEHE6LXP7CUHTYAD.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=EEHE6LXP7CUHTYAD 3 Steven K. Paulson Wayne E. Lawrence Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University As part of a larger study of water resource research needs, 1300 "concerned citizens" were asked to report their evaluations on nineteen issues in flood damage prevention in terms of their relative importance for future, social science, research. A factor analysis of the responses isolated four distinct clusters of issues; the "health" cluster was rated as most important followed by "community" and "natural" environment with "institutions" ranked as least important. James, L. Douglas, Formulation of Nonstructural Flood Control Programs, Water Resources Bulletin 11, pp. 688-705, 1975. Office of Water Research and Technology, 1976 Annual Report. U. S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C., 1976. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, <i>Guidelines for Reducing Flood Damages</i>, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1967. Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Guarding our Water Resources, 1974 Annual Report Bulletin 83, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1975.