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Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 2)
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For each natural hazard included in this text, social scientists have provided research summaries of how public perceptions are related to the actions that are likely to be undertaken when people are confronted with information about the existence of a natural hazard threat.
In this book the reader can find a truly international characterization of both hazard perception and prediction. The American and European contributors provide state-of-the-science overviews of empirically-based research knowledge that expands beyond any national boundaries. This approach has resulted in broader understanding of what is currently known about predicting natural hazard events and predicting how those events, or warnings of them, will be responded to by different types of societies.
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Uncertainties in the Development of Predictions of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
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The Use of Scientific Information by the Media
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prediction and Perception of Natural Hazards
Editors: J. Nemec, J. M. Nigg, F. Siccardi
Series Title: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8190-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1993
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2355-6Published: 30 September 1993
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4289-7Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8190-5Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 1878-9897
Series E-ISSN: 2213-6959
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 214
Topics: Hydrogeology, Environmental Management, Sociology, general, Geophysics/Geodesy