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Risk perception of local stakeholders on natural hazards: implications for theory and practice
Mihai Ciprian Mărgărint
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Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, 700505, Iași, Romania
Mihai Niculiță
Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, 700505, Iași, Romania
Giulia Roder
Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Udine, 33110
Udine, Italy
Paolo Tarolli
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padua, 35020, Legnaro, Italy
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Local stakeholders' knowledge plays a deciding role in emergencies, supporting rescue officers in natural hazard events; coordinating; and assisting, both physically and psychologically, the affected populations. Their risk perception was assessed using a questionnaire for an area in north-eastern Romania. The results show low preparedness and reveal substantial distinctions among stakeholders and different risks based on their cognitive and behavioral roles in their communities.
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