Hello.
One study that I know of was carried out by P.J. Finlay & R. Fell at the
School of Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales in Sydney. They
published a paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal (vol 34, p169-188,
1997). They had carried out a survey of landslide risk perception in Australia
and Hong Kong.
To quote from their abstract, "The general views of thsoe surveyed on
landsliding, issues of land development regulation and remedial costs, a
comparison of landsliding to other hazards, cognitive structures, the
perception of a quantified annual loss of life frequency, a ranking of various
landslide situations to each other, and acceptable probabilities of landsliding
for loss of life and property damage were obtained, analysed and discussed."
I hope this is of some help to you.
Andy
On 17 Mar 00 at 9:02, Enders, Jessica wrote:
> Hello
>
> This is my first mailbase email so please forgive me if it isn't quite
> right.
>
> I am interested in finding out information about any prior research into
> measuring levels of awareness in the community of disasters that could
> affect people. For example, identifying whether people living in a landslide
> risk area know that that is a possible event. The aim of measuring this
> awareness is to get a baseline measure which can be tracked over time as
> education campaigns are carried out.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Jessica
>
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