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Risk Communication

Risk communication is an important component of disaster risk management (DRM) because it shapes people's perceptions of risk and influences their actions with respect to disaster preparedness and disaster response. It also influences the inte...

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Main Authors: Shaw, Rajib, Takeuchi, Yukiko, Matsuura, Shohei, Saito, Keiko
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCIDENT
ACCIDENTS
CHANGE AGENTS
CITIZENS
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
DECISION MAKING
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER RESPONSE
DISASTER RISK
DISASTERS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARLY WARNINGS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY PLANNING
EVACUATION
EVACUATION DRILLS
FALSE ALARMS
FATALITIES
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
GENERATORS
HAZARD
HAZARDS
INFORMAL COMMUNICATION
INNOVATIONS
INSTRUCTION
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
LANDSLIDES
LEARNING
MASS MEDIA
MEDIA
NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS
NUCLEAR DISASTERS
NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES
NUCLEAR POWER
NUMBERS
PRESENTATIONS
PRESS RELEASES
PUBLIC RELATIONS
RADIATION
SAFETY
SAFETY PLANS
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
SOCIAL STRUCTURES
SYMBOLS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TSUNAMI
TSUNAMIS
TYPE OF DISASTER
VARIETY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273320/risk-communication
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16147

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273320/risk-communication
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16147

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