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Disaster Phases
Entries for Prevention
Collective societies and common values are responsible for collective representations of risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values
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 evolution of the culture of risk linked to an uncertain future
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social networks
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, 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 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
Human responses to disasters remain unchanged due to our shared evolutionary heritage
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Customs/traditions/rituals
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Prevention, Preparedness, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Citizens' assessment of risk as determined by dominant discourses and broader social, cultural and historical forces
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward the media, Power relations
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, Media
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 difference in perceptions of risk between experts and non-experts is merely quantitative not qualitative
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status
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, National research bodies
Personal involvement increases citizens' willingness to engage in activities aimed at preserving personal safety
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Personal experience guides behaviour more than received information
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory
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
Experience with violent life events influences future perception of risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory
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
Prior negative experiences influence perceptions of future risks depending on the severity of personal consequences of the former
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, 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
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
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
Higher levels of perceived risk amongst older, less educated or lower-income individuals
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Socio-economic status
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
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
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