Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide useful information for members of the
weather community and policy makers, to help them understand the full scope of drought …

To understand the impact of earthquake experience and education on awareness, a survey
was conducted with 1,065 high school first grade students from five prefectures of Japan …

Motivating household preparedness for earthquakes can be difficult, especially given the
infrequent and varying nature of major events. Past research has shown that people's …

With regard to their utility in predicting the adoption of household hazard preparations,
traditional approaches to public education directed at increasing awareness and/or risk …

Italy is a country highly vulnerable to floods and landslides. The present study aims to
investigate disaster preparedness and perception of flood risk in a group of people living in …

One way to reduce the risk from earthquakes is for individuals to undertake preparations for
earthquakes at home. Common preparation measures include gathering together survival …

Central to contemporary emergency management is the use of risk management principles
to promote community resilience to a range of potential hazard effects. Realising this goal …

This paper discusses how people's interpretation of their experience of volcanic hazards
and public volcanic hazard education programs influences their risk perception and whether …

Despite considerable expenditure on public hazard education, levels of natural
preparedness remain low. Building on natural hazard and health research about protective …

Background Due to the absence of a vaccine of SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, the most
effective way to reduce transmission of the virus is by applying social distancing practices …