Disaster Risk Communication
A Challenge from a Social Psychological Perspective
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Beschreibung
This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds, including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, and meteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline in Japan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations, questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Each chapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.
This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds, including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, and meteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline in Japan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations, questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Each chapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.
Integrates multi-hazard risk communication studies from a social psychological point of view Provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research by authors from the fields of social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, and meteorology Presents the latest information from the frontline of collaborative and participatory action research on community-based disaster management in Japan, Nepal, China, and the USA
Autor*in
Katsuya Yamori
Themen in »Disaster Risk Communication«
Disaster risk communication Action research Social psychology Community-based disaster management Natural hazard risk communication Earthquake risk communication Tsunami risk communication Flood risk communication Landslide risk communication Computer risk simulation Gaming approach Local weather information meteorology