Disaster preparedness: a social‐cognitive perspective

Abstract

Despite considerable effort and expenditure on public hazard education, levels of disaster preparedness remain low. By integrating and expanding on natural hazards and health research on protective behaviour, this paper proposes a social cognitive model of disaster preparedness. The model describes a developmental process that commences with factors that motivate people to prepare, progresses through the formation of intentions, and culminates in decisions to prepare. Following their critical appraisal, variables implicated at each stage are identified and their role in the preparedness process described. The implications of the model for the conceptualisation and assessment of preparedness is discussed, as is its implications for risk reduction and communication strategies.

Flood Risk in Australia: Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?

“…The expectation of residents that preparing for flood was the responsibility of officials is common in regards to natural hazards [35,44,45]. In their analysis of media coverage of the 2011 Brisbane flood, Bohensky and Leitch [46] found that the community had placed expectations for preparedness and even prevention of floods on government.…”

Спремност За Реаговање На Природну Катастрофу – Преглед Литературе

“…Велику пажњу истраживача је представљало и питање мотивационих фактора повезаних са спремношћу за реаговање на катастрофе (Ajzen, 1991;Bagozzi, 1992;Gollwitzer, 1993;Russell еt al., 1995;Lehman и Taylor, 1987;Godin and Kok, 1996;Bennett и Murphy, 1997;Ajzen, 1998;Abraham еt al., 1998;Lindell и Perry, 2000;Paton, 2003;Matsuda и Okada, 2006;Kirschenbaum, 2005;Falkiner, 2006;Diekman еt al., 2007;Cretikos еt al., 2008;Becker еt al., 2012). Рецимо Патон (Paton, 2003) у свом истраживачком раду указује да у фази мотивације за унапређење спремности за реаговање на природне катастрофе, утичу следеће варијабле: перцепција ризика, критична свест и страх од природних катастрофа.…”

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“…The TACTIC project examined risk perception studies for different hazard types (floods, earthquakes, epidemics, terrorism) assessing diverse theoretical and methodological approaches with the aim of better understanding pathways between risk perception and adoption of preparedness behaviors for a local community-level "multi-hazard" context. TACTIC utilized Paton's (2003Paton's ( , 2008 work on social-cognitive model of community-level preparedness to inform the development of its risk perception surveys. In both projects the climatic disruptions component is omnipresent.…”