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| Titel |
A press database on natural risks and its application in the study of floods in Northeastern Spain |
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M. C. Llasat, M. Llasat-Botija, L. López |
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Englisch
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1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 9, no. 6 ; Nr. 9, no. 6 (2009-12-07), S.2049-2061 |
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250007071
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-9-2049-2009.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The aim of this work is to introduce a systematic press database on natural
hazards and climate change in Catalonia (NE of Spain) and to analyze its
potential application to social-impact studies. For this reason, a review of
the concepts of risk, hazard, vulnerability and social perception is also
included. This database has been built for the period 1982–2007 and contains
all the news related with those issues published by the oldest still-active
newspaper in Catalonia. Some parameters are registered for each article and
for each event, including criteria that enable us to determine the
importance accorded to it by the newspaper, and a compilation of information
about it. This ACCESS data base allows each article to be classified on the
basis of the seven defined topics and key words, as well as summary
information about the format and structuring of the new itself, the social
impact of the event and data about the magnitude or intensity of the event.
The coverage given to this type of news has been assessed because of its
influence on construction of the social perception of natural risk and
climate change, and as a potential source of information about them. The
treatment accorded by the press to different risks is also considered. More
than 14 000 press articles have been classified. Results show that the
largest number of news items for the period 1982–2007 relates to forest
fires and droughts, followed by floods and heavy rainfalls, although floods
are the major risk in the region of study. Two flood events recorded in 2002
have been analyzed in order to show an example of the role of the press
information as indicator of risk perception. |
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