When factors of risk perception are an obstacle to risk representation: Earthquakes in Southern France

Chesterman, Adam; Lopez, Alexia; Rateau, Patrick; Weiss, Karine

doi:10.1016/j.erap.2018.12.001

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“…The perception of TBR appears to be built from the individual's social and spatial identities that echo past experiences and the ability to understand this risk in a spatial sense. These are socio-spatial representations of the TBR and not simply collective representations [24].…”

Section: Tick Bite Risk and Socio-spatial Representationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study of a population's acceptance of risks is undertaken through social and environmental psychology approaches, such as studying how individuals assess risk [22]. Risk is a social representation [23,24], which has a strong spatial and temporal consonance. It is an often studied element in environmental psychology and social geography.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Tick Bite Risk as a Socio-Spatial Representation—An Exploratory Study in Massif Central, France

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Johany

2019

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Ticks are responsible for the largest number of transmissions of vector-borne diseases in the northern hemisphere, which makes the risk from tick bites a serious public health problem. Biological scientific research and prevention studies are important, but they have not focused on the population’s perception of tick bite risk, especially at a spatial level. This exploratory article sets out to study this point through an innovative methodology involving the collection of 133 mental maps associated with a semi-structured interview and a socio-demographic questionnaire collected in the Massif Central region, France. The results show a strong link between the representation of the tick bite risk and the representation of particular landscapes. Forests appear as dangerous for the population, especially in the traditional activities of family walking or hiking. This calls into question overly anxiogenic prevention approaches that neglect the impact on practices in risk-prone spaces. It accentuates the need for localized education measure to improve knowledge about tick biology and avoid stereotypical and unnecessary negative representations associated with the environment.

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Section: Tick Bite Risk and Socio-spatial Representationsmentioning

confidence: 99%