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Worldviews / Prevention
Demographic and cultural characteristics contribute to the social constructions of risks
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Norms/values, Ethnicity
Hazards: Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Understanding of risks and the necessity of taking preventive measures by people living in risk areas
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Norms/values
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Cultural differences visible in the phases of disaster response and recovery
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Ethnicity
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens
Link between religious beliefs and risk perception
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
General factors regarding the disaster prevention stage
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Power relations, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Entrepreneurs, Media, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations, All types of actors
Description of the LastQuake app design
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Languages, Communication, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response, Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, NGOs
”Universal” cultural factors in disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Livelihoods, Power relations, Attitudes toward authorities, Gender roles, Customs/traditions/rituals
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens
Understanding locals cultures of "common sense"
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Placing local people in decision-making processes
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge, Communication, Livelihoods, Attitudes toward authorities, Attitudes toward the media
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Media, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Social causes for disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Livelihoods, Socio-economic status
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
LastQuake app safety tips usage differences between countries
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Local knowledge, Communication, Attitudes toward the media, Educational system, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, NGOs
Culture as a barrier in disaster management
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Languages, Communication, Livelihoods, Rule of law, Attitudes toward authorities, Attitudes toward the media, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Culture "enhancing" citizens' abilities in disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
The general role of cultural factors in citizen empowerment during disaster situations
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory, Social networks, Power relations
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Conclusions of the LastQuake app case study
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Customs/traditions/rituals, Local knowledge, Languages, Communication, Attitudes toward the media, Gender roles, Age-related roles, Ethnicity, Social networks, Socio-economic status, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Entrepreneurs, NGOs, Non-active citizens
Lower impact of certain types of disasters on daily life
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Healthcare and emergency services, Local authorities
Lessening impact of a disaster over time
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
The "fate" factor in disaster perception
30.09.2018
Resistance to adopting security-related maintenance measures as a vulnerability in a disaster
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities
Urban safety and security in relation to local identities
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Local knowledge, Gender roles
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Local identities as a potential cause of man-made disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge, Languages, Rule of law, Ethnicity, Socio-economic status, Social exclusion
Hazards: Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Government, National research bodies, NGOs, Law enforcement agencies, UN and other international organisations
Citizen perceptions of natural vs man-made causes of disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Perceived impact of a disaster linked to degree of perceived risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Perceptions of nature as a cultural factor
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Technology, gender and social control
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Communication, Gender roles
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
The need of organisational cultures to change
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Open-mindedness, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Fatalism in Maltese culture and disaster preparedness
30.09.2018
The potential risk of belief systems of the government and local decision-makers
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Government
Strong emotional reactions amongst research participants to the topic of terrorism
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Government
Neo-liberalism affecting vulnerability and risk reduction
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Government
The impact of political belief systems on disaster prevention policies
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Government, Non-active citizens
Citizen responsibility to use new technologies and social media for support activities in disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward authorities, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Media, Government
Citizens are generally receptive to training as a preparedness measure
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Power relations, Social networks
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Government, Red Cross, Healthcare and emergency services
The role of smartphone apps in the "culture of preparedness"
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Open-mindedness, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Media, Government
Perception of risk in relation unrelated with previous experience
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities
Human perception assesses risk differently to other threat measures in place
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Worldviews
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
"Familiar risks" are more easily accepted than "new and unfamiliar risks"
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards, Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Risk management is information management which considers the relationship between knowledge and the lack thereof
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: UN and other international organisations, European Civil Protection Mechanism, Healthcare and emergency services, Law enforcement agencies, Military, NGOs, Red Cross, National research bodies, Media, Entrepreneurs, Active citizens, Local authorities, National civil protection body, Government, All types of actors
Individuals' definitions of ”risk”
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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 later stages of modernity are creating a world full of uncontrollable and unknown risks
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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
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
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Social control
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, Government, National civil protection body
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
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: National research bodies, Government
The greatest challenge in risk societies is the maintenance of ontological security
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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
Trust levels in authorities amongst people with a migration background
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Recovery, Response, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Law enforcement agencies
Replacing traditional dogmas with reason has reduced levels of perceived security
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews
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
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
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Entrepreneurs, Media, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations, All types of actors
The perception of causes of natural disasters from primitive to modern societies
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Customs/traditions/rituals
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, National civil protection body, Local authorities, Active citizens, Entrepreneurs, Media, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations, All types of actors
The connection between moral transgression and danger still exists today
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, National civil protection body, Local authorities, Active citizens, Entrepreneurs, Media, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations, All types of actors
Risk is "manufactured" as a moral danger, especially in the public health domain
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Worldviews, Social exclusion
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Media
Culture provides socially constructed myths about nature which, in turn, influence the individual interpretation of natural phenomena
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social control, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Media, Government, National research bodies, Local authorities, National civil protection body, Non-active citizens, Entrepreneurs, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
The more serious the hazard, the higher the level of perceived risk and the greater the degree of public concern
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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
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
The role of cultural factors in assessing risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Local knowledge, Worldviews, Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Enhancing and cultivating local capacities as a component of empowering communities in India
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Government
When powerlessness is negatively associated with mitigation intentions, victims become reluctant to engage in risk mitigation activities
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Optimism bias: the tendency to overestimate the probability of positive events and underestimate that of negative ones
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Illusion of control: the tendency to overestimate the amount control they have over events
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Availability bias: recalling particular examples In judging the frequency of events
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Media, Non-active citizens
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
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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 affect heuristic: the role of the affective states in risk perception
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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
Likeability of a stimulus/event lowers perceptions of risk linked to it
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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
Lack of trust in authorities
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Worldviews, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Recovery, Preparedness, Prevention, Response, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, NGOs
The effect of immediate emotions on perceived risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
The potential of self-help / open source initiatives and citizen alert systems in disaster communication
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Open-mindedness, Worldviews, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, NGOs
Coping mechanisms through experience and collective memory
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward authorities, Customs/traditions/rituals, Norms/values, Worldviews, Individual/collective memory
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Recovery, Response, Preparedness, Prevention, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Non-active citizens
The impact and consequences of man-made disasters as compared to natural hazards
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
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
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
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
Perceptions of human control over nature/events can be categorised within one of two belief system types: instrumental and ideational
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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
People perceive human interference with nature as negative, regardless of its purpose
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Natural and man-made hazards are perceived differently and elicit different types of emotions
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Worldviews, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Man-made hazards provoke higher levels of concern compared to natural hazards
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
The comparison between natural and man-made disasters according to three important factors influencing risk perception
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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 rigid nature of public institutions in disaster management
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward authorities, Power relations, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Recovery, Response, Preparedness, Prevention, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Law enforcement agencies, National civil protection body, Government, NGOs, Military, Local authorities
The heterogeneous nature of public institutions in disaster management
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Power relations, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Law enforcement agencies, National civil protection body, Government, Military, Local authorities
Emotions, such as fear, influence levels of risk perception
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Perceived human interference with nature increases levels of perceived risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Trust in nuclear power is often linked to a lower level of perceived risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Gender roles, Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Perceptions of terrorism are characterized by the perception of intentionality
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Risk perception related to terrorism is different to that related to other man-made disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Independence and interdependence are culturally interrelated in risk event assessment
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social networks, Worldviews
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
Risk perception amongst individuals with to hierarchical orientations
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, 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
Decisions for action are what differentiate hazards from risks
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Risk perception includes individual beliefs and thoughts
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
People tend to estimate general risks to be larger than personal ones
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Individual/collective memory
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
Human typologies and differences in perceived danger to the individual
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
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 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
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
In post-communist member states, the risk of flooding tends to be perceived only during extreme events
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Power relations, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Government, Non-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
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