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| Titel |
The use of questionnaires for acquiring information on public perception of natural hazards and risk mitigation – a review of current knowledge and practice |
| VerfasserIn |
D. K. Bird |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 9, no. 4 ; Nr. 9, no. 4 (2009-07-31), S.1307-1325 |
| Datensatznummer |
250006894
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-9-1307-2009.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Questionnaires are popular and fundamental tools for acquiring information
on public knowledge and perception of natural hazards. Questionnaires can
provide valuable information to emergency management agencies for developing
risk management procedures. Although many natural hazards researchers
describe results generated from questionnaires, few explain the techniques
used for their development and implementation. Methodological detail should
include, as a minimum, response format (open/closed questions), mode of
delivery, sampling technique, response rate and access to the questionnaire
to allow reproduction of or comparison with similar studies. This article
reviews current knowledge and practice for developing and implementing
questionnaires. Key features include questionnaire design, delivery mode,
sampling techniques and data analysis. In order to illustrate these aspects,
a case study examines methods chosen for the development and implementation
of questionnaires used to obtain information on knowledge and perception of
volcanic hazards in a tourist region in southern Iceland. Face-to-face
interviews highlighted certain issues with respect to question structure and
sequence. Recommendations are made to overcome these problems before the
questionnaires are applied in future research projects. In conclusion, basic
steps that should be disclosed in the literature are provided as a checklist
to ensure that reliable, replicable and valid results are produced from
questionnaire based hazard knowledge and risk perception research. |
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