Short story from the 70's....

Trying to identify a short story with the rough plot outline below  – short 
story in anthology in mid 70’s. Definitely hard science. Thought it was a 
Niven but if it is have failed to track it.


Starship crewman is on a terrestrial style planet (but not Earth). Time 
dilation means that he is isolated by time and space every time he crews.  
He has been doing this job for some time and this disconnection makes him 
decide to settle on this planet. He meets a woman and settles down in a 
nearby city, however the city is prone to flooding and with the flooding 
comes vicious native animals. The woman is killed. This makes him rethink 
things and he signs up to the next available starship.


Have trawled Contento to get some inspiration without success so trying 
something else......