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Disaster Phases
Entries for Prevention
The media's influence on individuals who are directly involved in disaster events
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward the media
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, Media
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
Links between age and gender and the vulnerability hypothesis
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Age-related roles, Gender roles
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
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Individual/collective memory
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
The severity of risk consequences influences perceived risk of future disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
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
A high level of trust in authorities might result in people believing that preparedness for disaster is exclusively the former's responsibility
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward authorities
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
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
Females, individuals who are less educated and/or who have a lower income have stronger perceptions of nuclear risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Gender roles, Socio-economic status
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
Optimism bias is less present in victims of nuclear accidents as well as those who are not at any risk of their consequences
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory
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 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
Risk society refers to an institutional, rules oriented and hierarchical order (values), while risk cultures highlight an indeterminate disorder (norms)
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: UN and other international organisations, European Civil Protection Mechanism, Healthcare and emergency services, Law enforcement agencies, Military, NGOs, Red Cross, National research bodies, Government, Media, Entrepreneurs, Active citizens, Non-active citizens, Local authorities, National civil protection body, All types of actors
Risk cultures emerge within risk societies
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, 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
Influential and powerful social actors influence levels of perceived risk in situations of real danger
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication
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, Active citizens, Media, Local authorities, Government, National civil protection body, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations, Entrepreneurs, All types of actors
Risks and danger as part of the social (dis)organization
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social control, Power relations
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, 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 cultures as reflexive communities constructed in the context of the institutional uncertainty of risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Power relations, Social control
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
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