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The role of perception and communication in mitigating earthquake risk
| Resumo: | Civic education and formation of public conscience constitutes one of the first and more important tools towards improving the awareness and perception of citizens to earthquake risk, taking a fundamental role on the construction of more resilient societies. However, since it requires the involvement of all citizens without exception, the creation and embedding of a risk culture represents a transversal challenge to our society. Being aware of this issue, this paper deals with earthquake risk perception and communication in Portugal, and discusses the results of a survey carried out resorting to a questionnaire specifically developed in the scope of the URBSIS research project. The questionnaire, which aimed at assessing the public knowledge and awareness on earthquake risk, had as target-public the residents of the Riverside neighbourhood of Faro, named Bairro Ribeirinho, and the local technical community related, directly or indirectly, to the construction and urban planning sectors. |
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| Autores principais: | Maio, Rui |
| Outros Autores: | Ferreira, Tiago Miguel; Vicente, Romeu |
| Assunto: | Earthquake risk mitigation risk perception and communication education for risk reduction Mitigação do risco sísmico perceção e comunicação do risco educação para o risco |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Territorium |
| Resumo: | Civic education and formation of public conscience constitutes one of the first and more important tools towards improving the awareness and perception of citizens to earthquake risk, taking a fundamental role on the construction of more resilient societies. However, since it requires the involvement of all citizens without exception, the creation and embedding of a risk culture represents a transversal challenge to our society. Being aware of this issue, this paper deals with earthquake risk perception and communication in Portugal, and discusses the results of a survey carried out resorting to a questionnaire specifically developed in the scope of the URBSIS research project. The questionnaire, which aimed at assessing the public knowledge and awareness on earthquake risk, had as target-public the residents of the Riverside neighbourhood of Faro, named Bairro Ribeirinho, and the local technical community related, directly or indirectly, to the construction and urban planning sectors. |
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