...Tsitsi Trina Magadza; Christo Coetzee; Leandri Kruger Purpose This article demonstrates how psycho-sociological concepts have a place in disaster risk sciences. It draws attention to the relationship between risk perception and disaster management from Western and traditional viewpoints. Design...

...Tzu-Ling Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of place attachment and risk perception with bounded rationality on the willingness to live in a high-earthquake-risk area. Design/methodology/approach The study establishes a hypothetical model on the basis...

...Mitchell Scovell; Connar McShane; Anne Swinbourne; Daniel Smith Purpose This paper aims to understand how experience with the fringe effects of a cyclone influences perception of cyclone severity. Understanding how certain types of experience influences risk perception should help to clarify why...

... 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Tsunami Risk management Risk assessment Fire Risk perception Risk and vulnerability In as succinct a way as may be useful, this paper describes how risk, as exposure to the chance...

... at: Margaret.Kilvington@gmail.com 30 04 2018 16 08 2018 02 12 2018 05 12 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Local government Risk perception Land-use planning Natural hazard risk Risk engagement Natural hazards...

... was mainly to manage public relations, then the strategy was to reduce or compensate for the increased earthquake risk perceptions of buyers. Practical implications The findings provide valuable references for helping enterprises adopt effective advertising messages and strategies to reduce the negative...

... (Brgy Curvada, Kapatagan) from out of 11 sensors; and Zamboanga del Norte’s total accumulated rainfall was at 268.50 mm (Boboringan ES, Luzvilla, Pinan) from out of 26 sensors (Figure 3 (b)). Disasters Hazards Risk perception Disaster and emergency management Early warning systems Pre-Disaster...

... in the area. A total of 536 questionnaires were collected and used as empirical data for testing the impacts mechanism. Findings Respondents’ risk perception, risk exposure, self-prevention behaviors, government aid, insurance experience and sociodemographic characteristics were hypothesized...

... Climate change adaptation Risk perception Community engagement Household Melbourne Heatwave Risk reduction While framed as a global issue, there is a growing urgency concerning the local materialisation of climate change impacts, with households the frontline of climate change-exacerbated...

...Mohan Kumar Bera; Petr Daněk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the risk perceptions and activities of people to reduce impacts of disaster. Design/methodology/approach Case study research has been conducted in village Podhradí nad Dyjí in the Dyje river basin in Czech Republic...

... a differentiation from purely technical risk management processes and emphasizes the enhanced inclusion and evaluation of risk perceptions [1] and societal frames. Understanding risk to be a mental construct, emerging in the human mind and shaped by social, political, economic and cultural contexts (Douglas...

... rural farmers’ livelihood risk perceptions (LRPs) in Southern Shaanxi Disaster Resettlement based on the case of Ziyang County. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing a livelihood risk perspective, this paper identified factors contributing to LRPs. The research categorized the involved rural farmers...

...-reported resilience (i.e. ability to “bounce back” after a disaster), and mental health status. Findings Results of univariate analyses indicated similar, elevated levels of mental health problems at both time points; however, environmental risk perception was higher one year post-spill than during...

... at: sol.dalisay@yahoo.com 13 05 2016 21 08 2016 23 08 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Risk perception Evacuation behaviour Social memory Socio-cultural contexts of disaster evacuation Typhoon Haiyan...

.... Design/methodology/approach – Ten risk scenarios across four time delay conditions were designed. Computer program randomly presented different risk scenarios to student subjects. Risk perception was measured through equivalent certain loss elicited by bi-section method. In all, 50 students from Harbin...

... of public reaction/events related to risk perception? RQ3. What were the primary framings of BSE stories in the media? Ji Bum Chung can be contacted at: chung.jibum@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Social amplification of risk Risk perception BSE H1N1...

... areas continues to occur. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Natural disasters Wildfire vulnerability Risk perception United States of America The American west has seen substantial population and development growth. This expansion has been in close proximity to natural...

...Per Becker Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine if gendered differences in risk perception automatically mean that women and men rank the hazards of their community differently, focusing any risk reduction measures on the priority risks of only part of the population. Design...