Risk perception and culture: implications for vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
| Autor: | J. C. Jordan, Anja Rühlemann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Acclimatization Climate Change media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Resource distribution Vulnerability Climate change 02 engineering and technology Risk Assessment Vulnerable Populations 01 natural sciences Social group Perception Humans Mainstream Sociocultural evolution 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common 021110 strategic defence & security studies Cultural Characteristics Public economics General Social Sciences Risk perception General Earth and Planetary Sciences sense organs Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Disasters. 45:424-452 |
| ISSN: | 1467-7717 0361-3666 |
| Popis: | Perceptions of climate change play a critical role in determining the degree to which people are at risk throughout the world. The significance of culture in understanding why people perceive and respond to climate change in particular ways is largely ignored in mainstream climate change adaptation. This paper applies a critical realist approach to examine the sociocultural structures and causal mechanisms for inaction or (in)effective action between at-risk people and the organisations responsible for dealing with climate change. The findings reveal that there are varying context-specific sub-narratives among heterogeneous groups of people at risk and organisations that lead to inaction or (in)effective action in response to climate change, often independent of risk perceptions and with unforeseen consequences for the vulnerabilities of at-risk people. Specifically, sub-narratives may create parallel and/or conflicting climate-related perceptions and respective responses, legitimise unequal resource distribution, and justify the suppression and/or capitalisation of sub-cultural and/or individual risk perceptions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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