Prediction and Perception of Natural Hazards / Edition 1

by J. Nemec, J.M. Nigg, F. Siccardi

Overview

This collection of articles provides a unique overview of the state of the science in the prediction of and response to natural disaster events. The uniqueness of this volume is that it comprises more than just the physical science perspective.
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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792323556
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1993
Series:	Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research , #2
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Session 1: The Effect of the Uncertainties in Natural Hazard Prediction on the User Communities. Section 2: Uncertainties in the Development of Predictions of Large Scale Atmospheric Phenomena: Droughts, Tornadoes and Hurricanes. Session 3: Uncertainties in the Development of Predictions of Floods and Landslides. Session 4: Uncertainties in the Development of Predictions of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Session 5: The Use of Scientific Information by the Media.