This article seeks to further our understanding of self-protective behavior by examining the
effects of a particularly powerful stimulus to action: personal experience. It reviews the …

In response to rising concern about technological risks, a concerted effort is being made to
improve risk analysis methods and risk management approaches. As part of this effort …

The ability to sense and avoid harmful environmental conditions is necessary for the survival
of all living organisms. Survival is also aided by an ability to codify and learn from past …

The term'natural disaster'is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes,
hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase'natural disaster'suggests an uncritical acceptance …

The Environment as Hazard offers an understanding of how people around the world deal
with dramatic fluctuations in the local natural systems of air, water, and terrain. Reviewing …

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-
date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they …

Paul A. Bell & Eric D. Sundstrom nvironmental psychology has existed as a branch of
psychology for approximately 30 years. It focuses on the ways in which features of the …

This chapter traces disaster definitions devised by social scientists, recounting the evolution
of scholarly thinking and the elements of the concept. The emphasis is on the definition of …

In the decades since the terms 'vulnerability','capacity'and 'resilience'became popular in both
the disaster and development literatures, through natural and social science discourses, the …

The significance of the prevention of natural disasters is made evident by the
commemoration of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). This …