The use of questionnaires for acquiring information on public perception of natural hazards and risk mitigation–a review of current knowledge and practice

DK Bird - Natural hazards and earth system sciences, 2009 - nhess.copernicus.org
Questionnaires are popular and fundamental tools for acquiring information on public
knowledge and perception of natural hazards. Questionnaires can provide valuable …

Reducing risk from lahar hazards: concepts, case studies, and roles for scientists

TC Pierson, NJ Wood, CL Driedger - Journal of Applied Volcanology, 2014 - Springer
Lahars are rapid flows of mud–rock slurries that can occur without warning and
catastrophically impact areas more than 100 km downstream of source volcanoes …

[图书][B] Environmental hazards: assessing risk and reducing disaster

K Smith - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date
overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st …

People's behaviour in the face of volcanic hazards: Perspectives from Javanese communities, Indonesia

F Lavigne, B De Coster, N Juvin, F Flohic… - Journal of volcanology …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the way in which the Indonesian people living on the slopes or
near active volcanoes behave in the face of volcanic threats. It explores the role of three …

Supportive emergency decision-making model towards sustainable development with fuzzy expert system

H Li, JY Guo, M Yazdi, A Nedjati… - Neural Computing and …, 2021 - Springer
The major key attributes of decision-making during emergency to de-escalate disaster,
reduce fatality and prevent asset loss are time and the efficiency of the process. Decision …

People perception of landscape change effects on ecosystem services in small Mediterranean islands: A combination of subjective and objective assessments

R Aretano, I Petrosillo, N Zaccarelli, T Semeraro… - Landscape and Urban …, 2013 - Elsevier
Humans constantly modify their environment to better fit their needs. These changes are
even more important in small Mediterranean islands, where the flow and type of ecosystem …

Whose reality counts? Factors affecting the perception of volcanic risk

K Haynes, J Barclay, N Pidgeon - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal …, 2008 - Elsevier
Understanding how people perceive risk has become increasingly important for improving
risk communication and reducing risk associated conflicts. This paper builds upon findings …

Alternative paradigms of volcanic risk perception: The case of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines

JC Gaillard - Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 2008 - Elsevier
The literature on people's response to volcanic hazards tends to be split between two
paradigms. The first argues that the choice of adjustment depends on how people perceive …

[HTML][HTML] Geo-hydrological and seismic risk awareness at school: Emergency preparedness and risk perception evaluation

AE Bandecchi, V Pazzi, S Morelli, L Valori… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the targets of the Sendai Framework is to reduce disaster damage to critical
infrastructure and the disruption of basic services, particularly in educational facilities, and to …

Volcanic risk and tourism in southern Iceland: Implications for hazard, risk and emergency response education and training

DK Bird, G Gisladottir, D Dominey-Howes - Journal of volcanology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper examines the relationship between volcanic risk and the tourism sector in
southern Iceland and the complex challenge emergency management officials face in …