The role of risk perceptions in the risk mitigation process: The case of wildfire in high risk communities

Martin, Wade E.; Martin, Ingrid M.; Kent, Brian M.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.09.007

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“…Notably, whereas self-efficacy, in accordance with PMT, has been found to be significantly related to responses, the importance of resourcerelated attributes for responses suggested in the PADM has not been confirmed (e.g. Bubeck et al 2013;Martin, Martin, and Kent 2009;Terpstra and Lindell 2012).…”

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“…However, since only a few studies have examined, for example, mediation and moderation (e.g. Martin, Martin, and Kent 2009;Terpstra 2011), it is not clear how the predictors of threat responses are related (cf. Lindell and Perry 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Past behavior has been used because intentions may not always translate into action (cf. Martin, Martin, and Kent 2009), even though the anticipated link between intentions and future behavior in attitude-behavior theory indicates that intentions may be a more appropriate measure (cf. Ajzen 2011).…”

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The importance of threat, strategy, and resource appraisals for long-term proactive risk management among forest owners in Sweden

Eriksson

2016

Journal of Risk Research

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In natural hazards management, it is important to understand what motivates people to act when they or their property are threatened by natural hazards. Despite the importance of both threat and coping appraisals for responses to threats, less is known about the relations between threat and coping appraisals when risk management is long term. The present study examined appraisals of threat (cognitive and emotional), personal resources (cost and self-efficacy), and strategies (response-efficacy) as predictors of proactive management responses (past behavior and future intention) among forest owners in Sweden by means of a questionnaire (n = 1482). A path analysis revealed that threat appraisals and response-efficacy were direct predictors of past risk management behavior and the intention to respond in the future. Appraisals of resources, including cost and self-efficacy, were indirectly -via forest susceptibility and threat appraisals -related to threat responses. Although the model displayed reasonable fit for both owners more and those less involved in forestry, the cognitive appraisals variable was not a significant predictor of responses among owners less involved in forestry. In the full sample, the examined model explained approximately 50% of the variance in threat appraisals, and 28 and 17% in future intention and past behavior, respectively. Theoretical implications for how threat and coping appraisals are related during long-term risk management, and practical implications for forest risk management, are discussed.

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The importance of threat, strategy, and resource appraisals for long-term proactive risk management among forest owners in Sweden

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2016

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“…Risk perception plays an important role when reacting to hazards (Renn, 1990), and can be influential in determining how people choose to mitigate the risk of those hazards (Martin et al, 2009). However, perceived risk does not always correspond with scientific analysis views (Science Communication Unit, 2014), because risk perception is a combination of social, cultural, political, and emotional factors, as well as of innate influences (Renn & Rohrmann, 2000).…”

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How to Shape Climate Risk Policies After the Paris Agreement? The Importance of Perceptions as a Driver for Climate Risk Management

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Risk perception research has played an influential role in supporting risk management and risk communication policy. Risk perception studies are popular across a range of disciplines in the social and natural sciences for a wide range of hazard types. Their results have helped to articulate the complex individual, relational, structural, and environmental factors influencing people's behavior. Connections between individual and collective behaviors and norms impacting global climate change, and consequently, local disaster risk, however, are infrequently included in disaster risk management. This paper presents results from two diverse and complementary European risk perception studies examining both natural and anthropogenic hazards. Research gaps and recommendations for developing more comprehensive risk management strategies are presented.

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“…Although several methods for uncertainty management are available, the uncertainty of climate change relating to forest planning has not been evaluated before. Finally, many studies have investigated risk perceptions in diverse disciplines such as water and environment management (O'Connor et al 1999;McDaniels et al 1997), mitigation of wild fire (Martin et al 2009), or assessment of ecological risks (McDaniels & Axelrod 1995). Risk is important in decision-making because it may justify the necessity and intention to take action (Adger et al 2009).…”

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Climate change, uncertainty, and consequent risks: opportunities for forest management adaptation in britain

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The role of risk perceptions in the risk mitigation process: The case of wildfire in high risk communities

Cited by 234 publications

References 39 publications

The importance of threat, strategy, and resource appraisals for long-term proactive risk management among forest owners in Sweden

The importance of threat, strategy, and resource appraisals for long-term proactive risk management among forest owners in Sweden

How to Shape Climate Risk Policies After the Paris Agreement? The Importance of Perceptions as a Driver for Climate Risk Management

Climate change, uncertainty, and consequent risks: opportunities for forest management adaptation in britain

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