This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 653748.
Cultural factor
Entries for Ethnicity
Ethnically inclusive climates change adaptation strategies
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National research bodies
Disaster management plans should be in line with language and other specific requirements of ethnic minorities and vulnerable groups
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Languages, Livelihoods, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body
Actors involved in disaster management for vulnerable groups in Bulgaria
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, Red Cross
Description of the project: ‘Prepared Together for Disasters, Emergencies, and Crises’ (Bulgaria, 2013-2015)
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status, Ethnicity, Gender roles, Age-related roles
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Red Cross
Ethnically-inclusive climate change adaptation strategies
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National research bodies
The development objectives of the LastQuake app
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Languages, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens
Use of the safety check feature by region
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity, Density of active citizenship, Socio-economic status, Communication, Individual/collective memory
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens, NGOs
The effect and origin of gender differences in perception of risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Open-mindedness, Gender roles, Ethnicity, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
The effect of race and ethnicity on perception of risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
For natural hazards linked to geographical location, risk perception tends to decrease as distance from the risk source increases
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge, Socio-economic status, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
In some places, religious explanations for natural disasters are taken into account (Egypt), while in others scientific explanations are predominant (UK)
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Cultural parallel practices: religious practice and more 'rationally-grounded' protective behaviours
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity, Worldviews, Norms/values
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens
Fatalistic explanation of natural hazards are predominant may be a major obstacle to risk prevention in some Muslim countries
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Ethnicity, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens
Community participation, collective efficacy and empowerment are positively linked to earthquake preparedness
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Ethnicity, Density of active citizenship, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens
Lower levels of education and income for vulnerable groups affect perceptions of personal control over public issues
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social exclusion, Socio-economic status, Gender roles, Ethnicity, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
People with foreign backgrounds express a higher level of risk than native people
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity, Gender roles, Social exclusion
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Ethnicity as an indicator of inequality in the United States, which can be observed in the risk perception measures
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity, Open-mindedness, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Cross-national differences in levels of optimism bias
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Varying level of trust in authorities, with regards to nuclear risk in the UK, Spain, France and Sweden
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward authorities, Ethnicity
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Government
The relationship between trust and perceived nuclear risk is not universal: lower in the UK and higher in Sweden
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Ethnicity, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
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