Geography 2152F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Clearcutting, Census Tract, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
6 Jun 2021
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Module 4 : risk and culture / landslides. There are 4 patterns describing how people choose to respond to a risk: absorb. View the risk as unproblematic or deny it outright. The probability is deemed too low to worry about. Fate is determined by the capacity to absorb losses. There are millions of people living in the vicinity of the san andreas fault which they are attracted to the favorable climate and strong economy of california: accept. Passive attitude (there is little that can be done to reduce the impacts) Hazards are often viewed as acts of god. Typically there is reactive response and some preparation. Ex; flooding events, snow and wind related hazards. There is awareness of the hazard (no denial) Radical action is taken (move away or change the land use) The change pattern is more likely in developed countries where people have the economic means to be able to move away from an at-risk area.
