Disaster Risk Communication (eBook)

A Challenge from a Social Psychological Perspective

Katsuya Yamori (Herausgeber)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2020
XXXV, 153 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-13-2318-8 (ISBN)

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This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds, including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, and meteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline in Japan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations, questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Each chapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.

Katsuya Yamori obtained his PhD in Social Psychology from Osaka University, Japan. He worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Research, Nara University for 12 years (1992-2003) before serving at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. Currently he is working as a Professor at the DPRI, Kyoto University. He is also a Senior Researcher at the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute, Kobe, and a Visiting Professor at Shizuoka University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo Prefectural University, and Kobe Gakuin University. His fields of interest include disaster risk communication, disaster reduction education, and disaster information studies. He is also involved in several disaster management committees at the national and local level in Japan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Integrated Disaster Risk Management
• Reihe/Serie: Integrated Disaster Risk Management
• Zusatzinfo: XXXV, 153 p. 35 illus., 21 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Action Research • Community-based disaster management • Computer risk simulation • Disaster risk communication • Earthquake risk communication • Flood risk communication • Gaming approach • Landslide risk communication • Local weather information • meteorology • Natural hazard risk communication • Social Psychology • Tsunami risk communication
• ISBN-10: 981-13-2318-6 / 9811323186
• ISBN-13: 978-981-13-2318-8 / 9789811323188