Format:
XII, 141 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Content:
Natural hazards pose a threat to human health and life. In Germany, where the research for this thesis was conducted, numerous weather extremes occurred in the recent past that caused high numbers of fatalities and huge financial losses. The focus of this research is centred around two relevant natural hazards: heat stress and flooding. Preventing negative health impacts and deaths, as well as structural and monetary damage is the purpose of risk management and this requires citizens to adapt as well. Risk communication is implemented to foster people’s risk perception and motivate individual adaptation. However, methods of risk and crisis communication are often not evaluated in a structured manner. Much interdisciplinary research exists on both risk perception and adaptation, however, not much is known on the connection between the two. Furthermore, the existing research on risk communication is often not theory-driven and its impact on individual adaptation and risk perception is not thoroughly documented. [...]
Note:
Kumulative Dissertation
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Dissertation University of Potsdam 2022
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Naturkatastrophe
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Hitze
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Hochwasser
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Risikomanagement
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Kommunikation
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Wahrnehmung
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Hochschulschrift
Author information:
Thieken, Annegret 1970-
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