Geography 2152F/G Lecture 4: Lec4 - Worldviews and Landslides

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2152F/G
• Professor: Mark Moscicki

Document Summary

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 is awareness of the hazards (no denial) 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. Example: flooding events, snow and wind related hazards: change. There is awareness of the hazard (no denial) Radical action may be taken (move away or change the land use) Slowed growth in nuclear power which is better resource. Governments will put more money into renewable sources. These are hazards that are not likely to be serious but typically evoke much public reaction. These are hazards that are known to be relatively more serious but typically evoke little public reaction.