Disaster risk reduction: Psychological perspectives on preparedness

Facilitating people's ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from disaster is an important component of the UNISDR strategy for disaster risk reduction. Following a discussion of the functional characteristics of preparedness, this paper first discusses how hazard characteristics and ps...

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Main Author: Douglas Paton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-12-01
Series:Australian Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12237