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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3439-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3439-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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12 Nov 2021
Research article |
| 12 Nov 2021
| 12 Nov 2021
Multiple hazards and risk perceptions over time: the availability heuristic in Italy and Sweden under COVID-19
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Department of Earth
Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Invited contribution by Giuliano Di Baldassarre, recipient of the EGU Plinius Medal 2021.
Elena Mondino
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Department of Earth
Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Maria Rusca
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Department of Earth
Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Emanuele Del Giudice
Psychiatry Northwest, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Johanna Mård
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Department of Earth
Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Elena Ridolfi
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Department of Earth
Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Anna Scolobig
Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Institute,
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna, Austria
Elena Raffetti
Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Short summary
COVID-19 has affected humankind in an unprecedented way, and it has changed how people perceive multiple risks. In this paper, we compare public risk perceptions in Italy and Sweden in two different phases of the pandemic. We found that people are more worried about risks related to recently experienced events. This finding is in line with the availability heuristic: individuals assess the risk associated with a given hazard based on how easily it comes to their mind.
COVID-19 has affected humankind in an unprecedented way, and it has changed how people perceive...
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