Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability
<p>One of the key challenges for risk, vulnerability and resilience research is how to address the role of risk perceptions and how perceptions influence behaviour. It remains unclear why people fail to act adaptively to reduce future losses, even when there is ever-richer information availabl...
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| author | S. Rufat S. Rufat M. Madruga de Brito A. Fekete E. Comby P. J. Robinson I. Armaş W. J. W. Botzen C. Kuhlicke C. Kuhlicke |
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| description | <p>One of the key challenges for risk, vulnerability and
resilience research is how to address the role of risk perceptions and how
perceptions influence behaviour. It remains unclear why people fail to act
adaptively to reduce future losses, even when there is ever-richer
information available on natural and human-made hazards (flood, drought,
etc.). The current fragmentation of the field makes it an uphill battle to
cross-validate the results of existing independent case studies. This, in
turn, hinders comparability and transferability across scales and contexts
and hampers recommendations for policy and risk management. To improve the
ability of researchers in the field to work together and build cumulative
knowledge, we question whether we could agree on (1) a common list of
minimal requirements to compare studies, (2) shared criteria to address
context-specific aspects of countries and regions, and (3) a selection of
questions allowing for comparability and long-term monitoring. To map
current research practices and move in this direction, we conducted an
international survey – the Risk Perception and Behaviour Survey of
Surveyors (Risk-SoS). We find that most studies are exploratory in nature
and often overlook theoretical efforts that would enable the comparison of
results and an accumulation of evidence. While the diversity of approaches
is an asset, the robustness of methods is an investment to be made. Surveyors report a
tendency to reproduce past research design choices but express frustration
with this trend, hinting at a turning point. To bridge the persistent gaps,
we offer several recommendations for future studies, particularly grounding
research design in theory; improving the formalisation of methods; and
formally comparing theories and constructs, methods, and explanations while
collecting the themes and variables most in use.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc773733b25c4bfd84d18e3b007124d72022-12-22T03:06:55ZengCopernicus PublicationsNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences1561-86331684-99812022-08-01222655267210.5194/nhess-22-2655-2022Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparabilityS. Rufat0S. Rufat1M. Madruga de Brito2A. Fekete3E. Comby4P. J. Robinson5I. Armaş6W. J. W. Botzen7C. Kuhlicke8C. Kuhlicke9Department of Geography, CY Cergy Paris University, 95011, Cergy-Pontoise, FranceInstitut Universitaire de France, 75005, Paris, FranceDepartment of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Rescue Engineering and Civil Protection, TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Betzdorferstr. 2, 50679 Cologne, GermanyDepartment of Geography, UMR 5600 EVS CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 69007, Lyon, FranceDepartment of Environmental Economics, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Geography, University of Bucharest, 010041, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Environmental Economics, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDepartment of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, 04318 Leipzig, GermanyInstitute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam, 14468 Potsdam-Golm, Germany<p>One of the key challenges for risk, vulnerability and resilience research is how to address the role of risk perceptions and how perceptions influence behaviour. It remains unclear why people fail to act adaptively to reduce future losses, even when there is ever-richer information available on natural and human-made hazards (flood, drought, etc.). The current fragmentation of the field makes it an uphill battle to cross-validate the results of existing independent case studies. This, in turn, hinders comparability and transferability across scales and contexts and hampers recommendations for policy and risk management. To improve the ability of researchers in the field to work together and build cumulative knowledge, we question whether we could agree on (1) a common list of minimal requirements to compare studies, (2) shared criteria to address context-specific aspects of countries and regions, and (3) a selection of questions allowing for comparability and long-term monitoring. To map current research practices and move in this direction, we conducted an international survey – the Risk Perception and Behaviour Survey of Surveyors (Risk-SoS). We find that most studies are exploratory in nature and often overlook theoretical efforts that would enable the comparison of results and an accumulation of evidence. While the diversity of approaches is an asset, the robustness of methods is an investment to be made. Surveyors report a tendency to reproduce past research design choices but express frustration with this trend, hinting at a turning point. To bridge the persistent gaps, we offer several recommendations for future studies, particularly grounding research design in theory; improving the formalisation of methods; and formally comparing theories and constructs, methods, and explanations while collecting the themes and variables most in use.</p>https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/2655/2022/nhess-22-2655-2022.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S. Rufat S. Rufat M. Madruga de Brito A. Fekete E. Comby P. J. Robinson I. Armaş W. J. W. Botzen C. Kuhlicke C. Kuhlicke Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| title | Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability |
| title_full | Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability |
| title_fullStr | Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability |
| title_short | Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability |
| title_sort | surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive behaviour cross study comparability |
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