Telluric and Climate-Related Risk Awareness, and Risk Mitigation Strategies in the Azores Archipelago: First Steps for Building Societal Resilience
| Autor: | Isabel Estrela Rego, Vania Statzu, Rui Gaspar, Ante Ivčević |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire Population-Environnement-Développement (LPED), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), UN Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan, Priority Actions Programme/ Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC UNEP MAP), University of the Azores, Católica Research Centre for Psychological-Family and Social Wellbeing, Faculty of Human Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (CATOLICA), Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation (MEDSEA), via Molise 6, 09127, Cagliari, Italy, ANR-11-IDEX-0001,Amidex,INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE(2011), European Project: 7137500(1971), Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Research Institute for Volcanology and Risk Assessment, University of the Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal (IVAR) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Risk awareness media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Population 0211 other engineering and technologies TJ807-830 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Telluric risks risk management Renewable energy sources Natural (archaeology) Climate-related risks [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences climate-related risks volcanic islands Natural hazard GE1-350 education Research question Environmental planning Risk management 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common 021110 strategic defence & security studies education.field_of_study geography.geographical_feature_category Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry telluric risks risk awareness Volcanic islands language.human_language Environmental sciences Geography Archipelago [SDE]Environmental Sciences language Psychological resilience Portuguese business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 15 Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Sustainability, 2021, 13 (15), pp.8653. ⟨10.3390/su13158653⟩ Sustainability MDPI Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 8653, p 8653 (2021) Sustainability, MDPI, 2021, 13 (15), pp.8653. ⟨10.3390/su13158653⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13158653 |
| Popis: | International audience; Islands are often considered excellent socio-ecological laboratories for testing the rapidity of global change since they experience the climate effects of sea-level rise faster than other areas. The Azores are a Portuguese volcanic archipelago located on the junction of the three tectonic plates: the Eurasian, the African and the North American plates. São Miguel, the main island of the Azores archipelago, hosts three active volcanoes, but the last significant volcanic eruption was the Capelinhos volcano on the island of Faial in 1957. Hence, the Azores offers the opportunity to assess insular risk awareness, facing both telluric and climate-related hazards. The key research question emerges from their natural situation: how does the local population perceive the threat of the natural hazards that occur in Azores? Because risks are socially constructed and depend on the uniqueness of territories, risk mitigation strategies must focus on the individual experiences of local dwellers, as a relationship between risk awareness and such strategies may be expected. To analyze this relationship, a web-based survey with a questionnaire including these variables was administered to a sample of Azoreans. The study aimed to assess risk awareness of the Azorean population and find a relationship between this and reported mitigation strategies. The results gave a preliminary insight into Azorean risk awareness of natural hazards and showed a significant positive relationship between risk awareness-raising activities and reported mitigation strategies. This is relevant information for municipalities and regional governments of areas with similar risk exposures, showing that, although risk awareness alone is not enough for measures to be implemented, it may be an important motivational first step for this to occur. |
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