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Understanding of risks and the necessity of taking preventive measures by people living in risk areas

30.09.2018


Cultural differences visible in the phases of disaster response and recovery

30.09.2018


Link between religious beliefs and risk perception

30.09.2018


The general role of cultural factors in citizen empowerment during disaster situations

30.09.2018


Lower impact of certain types of disasters on daily life

30.09.2018


Lessening impact of a disaster over time

30.09.2018


Barriers providing support in disaster situations

30.09.2018


Resistance to adopting security-related maintenance measures as a vulnerability in a disaster

30.09.2018


Citizen perceptions of natural vs man-made causes of disasters

30.09.2018


Perceived impact of a disaster linked to degree of perceived risk

30.09.2018


Citizen lack of preparedness may be linked to perceived low probability to a disaster happening

30.09.2018


Citizen lack of preparedness may be linked to perceived cultural traits, such as resourcefulness

30.09.2018


Fatalism as a risk factor

30.09.2018


The potential risk of belief systems of the government and local decision-makers

30.09.2018


Neo-liberalism affecting vulnerability and risk reduction

30.09.2018


The impact of political belief systems on disaster prevention policies

30.09.2018


The roles of religious leaders in disaster preparedness

30.09.2018


Relationships between Buddhism and disaster recovery

30.09.2018


Cultural traits and attitudes to disaster preparedness

30.09.2018


Spirituality as a tool for victim recovery

30.09.2018


Citizen responsibility to use new technologies and social media for support activities in disasters

30.09.2018


Perception of risk in relation unrelated with previous experience

30.09.2018


Human perception assesses risk differently to other threat measures in place

30.09.2018


"Familiar risks" are more easily accepted than "new and unfamiliar risks"

30.09.2018


Individuals' definitions of ”risk”

30.09.2018


The later stages of modernity are creating a world full of uncontrollable and unknown risks

30.09.2018


Global risks are often exogenous and caused by decisions made in core states and areas that influences the periphery of a world-system

30.09.2018


Environmental problems are problems of people: their history, their living conditions, their relation to the world and reality and their social, cultural and political situations

30.09.2018


The greatest challenge in risk societies is the maintenance of ontological security

30.09.2018


Replacing traditional dogmas with reason has reduced levels of perceived security

30.09.2018


Current social forms and institutions are dominated by constant change, with no reference guidelines or long-term plans, which has resulted in risk becoming a prevalent phenomenon of our time

30.09.2018


Importance of perceived personal qualities in informal leaders acting in disaster situations

30.09.2018


Information channels to be used to communicate information about disaster preparedness

30.09.2018


Risk is "manufactured" as a moral danger, especially in the public health domain

30.09.2018


Reactions to testing and using apps for providing information in case of a disaster

30.09.2018


The more serious the hazard, the higher the level of perceived risk and the greater the degree of public concern

30.09.2018


Perceptions of individual preparedness for disaster amongst citizens in Frankfurt

30.09.2018


Positive reactions to the idea of using of disaster mobile phone apps amongst, largely elderly, citizens who are not active on social media

30.09.2018


Enhancing and cultivating local capacities as a component of empowering communities in India

30.09.2018


Social media police sites are highly appreciated and trusted

30.09.2018


Optimism bias: the tendency to overestimate the probability of positive events and underestimate that of negative ones

30.09.2018


Illusion of control: the tendency to overestimate the amount control they have over events

30.09.2018


Availability bias: recalling particular examples In judging the frequency of events

30.09.2018


The representativeness bias: the tendency to judge events as more likely to happen because they look representative for the group they belong to

30.09.2018


The affect heuristic: the role of the affective states in risk perception

30.09.2018


Likeability of a stimulus/event lowers perceptions of risk linked to it

30.09.2018


The effect of immediate emotions on perceived risk

30.09.2018


The potential of self-help / open source initiatives and citizen alert systems in disaster communication

30.09.2018


The impact and consequences of man-made disasters as compared to natural hazards

30.09.2018


Events that provoke positive affect are perceived as more beneficial and safe, while events that are followed by negative affect are perceived as more risky

30.09.2018


Perceptions of human control over nature/events can be categorised within one of two belief system types: instrumental and ideational

30.09.2018


Differences in risk-awareness in young vs elderly citizens

30.09.2018


Natural and man-made hazards are perceived differently and elicit different types of emotions

30.09.2018


Man-made hazards provoke higher levels of concern compared to natural hazards

30.09.2018


The comparison between natural and man-made disasters according to three important factors influencing risk perception

30.09.2018


Emotions, such as fear, influence levels of risk perception

30.09.2018


Perceived human interference with nature increases levels of perceived risk

30.09.2018


Trust in nuclear power is often linked to a lower level of perceived risk

30.09.2018


Practitioner perceptions of elderly citizens who overestimate their own abilities during a disaster

30.09.2018


Perceptions of terrorism are characterized by the perception of intentionality

30.09.2018


Independence and interdependence are culturally interrelated in risk event assessment

30.09.2018


Risk perception amongst individuals with to hierarchical orientations

30.09.2018


Decisions for action are what differentiate hazards from risks

30.09.2018


People tend to estimate general risks to be larger than personal ones

30.09.2018


Human typologies and differences in perceived danger to the individual

30.09.2018


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