This article reviews the main insights from selected literature on risk perception, particularly
in connection with natural hazards. It includes numerous case studies on perception and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how crises impact overall tourist behaviour
and travel preferences in times of crisis events, both man-made and natural disasters. In …

Disaster studies address the social and behavioral aspects of sudden onset collective stress
situations typically referred to as mass emergencies or disasters. These situations can be …

Despite increased global interest in the impacts of natural disasters on tourism, little
research has occurred into exploring how these are addressed at the destination level …

During the last two decades, inbound tourism has rapidly increased in Japan. The country is
prone to several natural hazards which create risk for tourists. Previous studies highlight a …

Originally prepared for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, this is the first
comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards and risk, presenting the state of the …

Tourists are essential to a destination's social and economic recovery following disaster,
reducing future risk and enhancing resilience. Drawing on the results of visitor surveys in …

Islands are known to be vulnerable to natural hazards, resulting in substantial risks for their
tourism industries. To facilitate the systematic analysis of the underlying vulnerability drivers …

Public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) all too often focusses only on institutional
capabilities, including their technical expertise and political influence, while overlooking …

This chapter presents results from a 5-month-long study conducted in Los Planes de La
Laguna, a community impacted by the 2005 eruption of Santa Ana volcano and Tropical …