Questionnaires are popular and fundamental tools for acquiring information on public
knowledge and perception of natural hazards. Questionnaires can provide valuable …

Lahars are rapid flows of mud–rock slurries that can occur without warning and
catastrophically impact areas more than 100 km downstream of source volcanoes …

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 …

This paper is concerned with the way in which the Indonesian people living on the slopes or
near active volcanoes behave in the face of volcanic threats. It explores the role of three …

Humans constantly modify their environment to better fit their needs. These changes are
even more important in small Mediterranean islands, where the flow and type of ecosystem …

The major key attributes of decision-making during emergency to de-escalate disaster,
reduce fatality and prevent asset loss are time and the efficiency of the process. Decision …

Understanding how people perceive risk has become increasingly important for improving
risk communication and reducing risk associated conflicts. This paper builds upon findings …

The literature on people's response to volcanic hazards tends to be split between two
paradigms. The first argues that the choice of adjustment depends on how people perceive …

This paper examines the relationship between volcanic risk and the tourism sector in
southern Iceland and the complex challenge emergency management officials face in …

A volcanic risk perception study of the population residing near Vesuvius was carried out
between May and July, 2006. A total of 3600 questionnaires with 45 items were distributed …