Geography 2152F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: San Andreas Fault, Radical Action, Frank Slide
27 Oct 2018
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There are 4 patterns describing how people choose to respond to a risk: absorb. View the risk as unproblematic or deny it outright. The probability is deemed too low to worry about. Fate is determined by the capacity to absorb losses. Passive attitude (there is little that can be done to reduce the impacts) Hazards are often viewed as acts of god. Taking action response pattern, trying to reduce impacts. Typically, there is reactive response and some preparation. Example: flooding events, snow and wind related hazards, change. There is awareness of the hazard (no denial) Radical action may be taken (move away or change the land use) Example: australia drought people would have the means to move away. After many years of research on public responses to risk, no comprehensive theory exists to explain why apparently minor risk events (as assessed by experts) sometimes produce massive public reactions.
