A model of household preparedness for earthquakes: how individuals make meaning of earthquake information and how this influences preparedness

The Assessment of Sustainability Indicators in the Villagers’ Lives in Iran with Emphasis on Natural Hazards: A Case Study

“…They have used three sources of information in an interview: passive information (newspapers, magazines and ...), interactive information (social, school and work activities), the experimental data (for example, experienced a serious event and respond to it), the results of this study indicate that most people deal with the last two types of information [29].…”

Knowledge and Perception of Secondary School Students in Belgrade about Earthquakes as Natural Disasters

“…Similarly, Faupel et al [27] show that participation in educational programs on disasters is closely linked with level of readiness. Becker et al [38] suggest that traditional educational programs focused on passive information about disasters provide a very low level of awareness and motivation regarding disaster preparedness. From a slightly different perspective, Shaw et al [20] find that having previously experienced an earthquake does not contribute significantly to one's awareness or knowledge about the disaster, but it does contribute to a student's understanding of what an earthquake is.…”

“…In addition, they contend that school education is important in raising awareness about disasters. Becker et al [38] describe the effectiveness of general preventive education on disasters and highlight the fact that students come home with information regarding the necessary measures of preparedness, and thus they encourage parents to prepare for such disasters. Accordingly, the authors suggest that there is a transfer of knowledge from students to parents.…”

Facing and managing natural disasters in the Sporades islands, Greece

“…Disaster management and community planning via public participation have become top priority for the authorities, stakeholders and organizations in many countries all over the world such as in the USA (Pearce, 2003, Haimes, 2012, El Salvador (Bowman and White, 2012), Australia and New Zealand (Gero et al, 2011;Djalante, 2012;Becker et al, 2012Becker et al, , 2013 China (Ye et al, 2012, Shi et al, 2012 and Iran (Amini Hosseini et al, 2009). In Europe there have already been some papers about this subject (Van Assche et al, 2011;Escuder-Bueno et al, 2012;Alexander, 2013), but no relevant studies have been conducted so far in Greece.…”