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Attitudes toward environmental issues / Prevention

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Lower impact of certain types of disasters on daily life

30.09.2018


Perceptions of nature as a cultural 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


Disaster prevention in the context of weak environmental protection

30.09.2018


Cultural adaptations of the build environment

30.09.2018


Human perception assesses risk differently to other threat measures in place

30.09.2018


Hyperbolic discounting - the tendency to discount future gains in favour of more immediate rewards

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Worldviews

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

When powerlessness is negatively associated with mitigation intentions, victims become reluctant to engage in risk mitigation activities

30.09.2018


Many people believe that the frequency and severity of natural hazards are increased by human action

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

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


People perceive human interference with nature as negative, regardless of its purpose

30.09.2018


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

30.09.2018


Floods are perceived to have predominantly financial consequences while landslides are viewed as life threating events

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

Education engages people and raises awareness of mitigation actions suggested by governments and experts

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status, Attitudes toward environmental issues

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

Previous experience with natural disasters is linked to a greater willingness to be better prepared and cooperate with local authorities

30.09.2018


Disaster events lower levels of optimism but after a period of time, perceptions of risk decrease

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Attitudes toward environmental issues

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

Environmental monitoring campaigns with citizens and NGOs

30.09.2018


The relationship between viewing natural objects as sacred and perceptions of environmental risk linked to them

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Worldviews

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


Fatalistic explanation of natural hazards are predominant may be a major obstacle to risk prevention in some Muslim countries

30.09.2018


Trust in authorities and experts as a shortcut for making judgements by relying on experts' opinions

30.09.2018


The Territorial Coordination Master Plan of the Province of Potenza description

30.09.2018


The EU-funded Citi-Sense project description

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Social networks, Attitudes toward environmental issues

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention

Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, National research bodies

The EU-funded Citi-Sense project on social and geographical mapping

30.09.2018


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

Community empowerment strategies in Augustenborg

30.09.2018


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