The development literature on hazards and disasters indicates a visible paradigm shift from
hazard assessment to vulnerability analysis and building community resilience. This shift …

Men and women, boys and girls have different experiences of disasters. Gender dynamics
impact both the way they are affected by disasters and their capacity to withstand and …

At present, the earthquake-risk perception research in Aceh only focuses on the general
public. Limited research examines earthquake-risk perceptions amongst students. This …

The effects of risk perception and sense of place on disaster preparedness have been
widely reported. However, most studies have only demonstrated weak relationships and it is …

The majority of people at risk from earthquakes do little or nothing to reduce their
vulnerability. Over the past 40 years social scientists have tried to predict and explain levels …

The hydro-meteorological disasters around the globe are on the rise. Floods are also a
recurrent phenomenon in Pakistan, but the floods of 2010 were most severe in terms of …

In recent decades, the development of vulnerability frameworks has enlarged the research
in the natural hazards field. Despite progress in developing the vulnerability studies, there is …

Method: This was a cross-sectional study of factors determining of DPB in a representative
sample of 1233 Tehran inhabitants. Measures derived from the TPB were obtained in the …

The objective of this article is to systematically assess and identify factors affecting risk
disparity due to infrastructure service disruptions in extreme weather events. We propose a …

For exposed and vulnerable communities, the perception of natural risk is an essential link
in the analysis of man–environment coping relationship and also an important parameter in …