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Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Helene Joff e Tiziana Rossetto John Adams Editors Cities at Risk Living with Perils in the 21st Century C ities at Risk Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Volume 33 For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6362 H elene J offe • T iziana R ossetto • J ohn A dams E ditors C ities at Risk L iving with Perils in the 21st Century E ditors H elene J offe T iziana R ossetto D ivision of Psychology and Language D epartment of Civil, Environmental Sciences and Geomatic Engineering U niversity College London U niversity College London L ondon, U nited Kingdom L ondon, U nited Kingdom J ohn A dams D epartment of Geography U niversity College London L ondon, U nited Kingdom I SSN 1878-9897 ISSN 2213-6959 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-6183-4 I SBN 978-94-007-6184-1 (eBook) D OI 10.1007/978-94-007-6184-1 S pringer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London L ibrary of Congress Control Number: 2013933344 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2 013 T his work is subject to copyright. 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P rinted on acid-free paper S pringer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) A cknowledgements W e would like to thank Cliodhna O’Connor for her generous and insightful help in editing this book. We would also like to thank the production team at Springer and all of the contributors for producing what we hope will be a very informative and useful book. v C ontents 1 Introduction – Living with Perils in the Twenty-First Century ......... 1 T iziana R ossetto 2 Risk Society and Representations of Risks: Earthquakes and Beyond ....................................................................... 9 H elene J offe and C liodhna O ’Connor 3 Risk Compensation in Cities at Risk ..................................................... 25 J ohn A dams 4 Responding to Flood Risk in the UK ..................................................... 45 T im H arries 5 A Historical Overview of Social Representation of Earthquake Risk in Japan: Fatalism, Social Reform, Scientifi c Control and Collaborative Risk Management ..................... 73 K atsuya Y amori 6 Facilitating Community Participation in Disaster Risk Management: Risk Perception and Preparedness Behaviours in Turkey .............................................................................. 93 N uray K aranci 7 North American Cities at Risk: Household Responses to Environmental Hazards ..................................................................... 109 M ichael L indell 8 Community Understanding of, and Preparedness for, Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Wellington, New Zealand ............................................................................................ 131 D avid J ohnston, J ulia B ecker, J ohn M cClure, D ouglas P aton, S ara McBride, K im W right, G raham L eonard, and M iriam H ughes vii viii Contents 9 Perceptions of Climate Variability and Coping Strategies in Informal Settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh .................................... 149 H uraera J abeen and C assidy J ohnson 1 0 Risk Perception, Public Education and Disaster Risk Management ................................................................................... 171 J ohn T wigg Index ................................................................................................................. 183 C ontributors J ohn A dams D epartment of Geography, U niversity College London, L ondon, U K J ulia B ecker J oint Centre for Disaster Research, M assey University/GNS Science, W ellington, N ew Zealand T im H arries B ehaviour and Practice Research Group, Business School, K ingston University London, K ingston-upon-Thames, U K M iriam H ughes J oint Centre for Disaster Research, M assey University/GNS Science, W ellington, N ew Zealand H uraera J abeen D epartment of Architecture, B RAC University, D haka, B angladesh H elene J offe D ivision of Psychology and Language Sciences, U niversity College London, L ondon, U K C assidy J ohnson D evelopment Planning Unit, Faculty of the Built Environment, U niversity College London, L ondon, U K D avid J ohnston J oint Centre for Disaster Research, M assey University/GNS Science, W ellington, N ew Zealand N uray K aranci D epartment of Psychology, M iddle East Technical University, A nkara, T urkey G raham L eonard J oint Centre for Disaster Research, M assey University/GNS Science, W ellington, N ew Zealand M ichael L indell H azard Reduction and Recovery Center, T exas A&M University, C ollege Station, T X, U SA S ara M cBride J oint Centre for Disaster Research, M assey University/GNS Science, W ellington, N ew Zealand ix
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