TY  - JOUR
AB  - While a considerable body of work concerning citizens’ perceptions of risk for volcanic hazards has been done in the United States and New Zealand, no comparable study has focused on residents near Italy’s two major volcanoes: Vesuvio and Etna. This survey study, involving 174 participants, focused on various measures of risk perception, feelings of personal vulnerability to the volcanic threat, and confidence in government officials’ preparedness for potential eruptions. Although it was expected that due to a recent eruption of Etna, residents there would have higher levels of perceived risk than those at Vesuvio, findings mostly demonstrated the reverse. Additionally, residents living in the highest risk areas at Vesuvio demonstrated low levels of awareness concerning evacuation plans and low levels of confidence in the success of such plans.
VL  - 24
IS  - 10/11
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/01443330410791091
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330410791091
AU  - Davis Matthew S.
AU  - Tullio Ricci Dott.
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Perceptions of risk for volcanic hazards in Italy: a research note
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 159
EP  - 165
Y2  - 2024/09/25
ER  -