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Making sense of natural hazard mitigation: Personal, social and cultural influences
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Paton, D and Sagala, S and Okado, N and Jang, L and Burgelt, PT and Gregg, CE, Making sense of natural hazard mitigation: Personal, social and cultural influences, Environmental Hazards, 9, (2) pp. 183-196. ISSN 1747-7891 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3763/ehaz.2010.0039
Abstract
Worldwide, recognition of the growing risk faced by communities in many countries from natural hazard events has stimulated
interest in promoting people's capacity to co-exist with often beneficial, but occasionally hazardous, natural processes by
encouraging the adoption of preparedness measures. Starting from recognition that levels of hazard preparedness are generally
low, this paper examines how people's decisions about hazard mitigation derive from how they interpret the hazards, their
relationship with the hazards and the sources of information about hazards. It describes how interpretive processes at the person
(outcome expectancy), community (community participation and collective efficacy) and societal (empowerment and trust) level
interact to predict levels of hazard preparedness. The data support the argument that the effectiveness of public hazard
education strategies community preparedness can be increased by integrating risk management activities with community
development strategies. The cross-cultural validity of the model is discussed using data from communities in New Zealand,
Indonesia and Japan. Testing the model across countries and hazards (e.g. earthquakes, volcanic hazards) supports its
all-hazards and cross-cultural applicability. The theoretical (e.g. identifying the degree to which the processes that underpin how
people respond to hazard threats are culturally equivalent) and practical (e.g. providing a common basis for collaborative
learning and research between countries and providing risk management agencies in different cultures with access to a wider
range of risk management options) implications of the cross-cultural equivalence of the model are discussed.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | culture, natural hazards, resilience, sustainability |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Social and personality psychology |
Research Field: | Social psychology |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Natural hazards |
Objective Field: | Natural hazards not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Paton, D (Professor Douglas Paton) |
ID Code: | 66257 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 37 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2011-01-11 |
Last Modified: | 2014-12-18 |
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