Investigating Risk Communication Process for Community's Disaster Reduction with a Framework of "Communicative Survey Method"

• TAKEUCHI Yukiko

  Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

• XU Wei

  State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University; Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Ministry of Civil Affairs & Ministry of Education

• KAJITANI Yoshio

  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

• OKADA Norio

  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

Abstract

  Risk communication is considered as an important step of risk management process. An appropriate risk communication needs holistic learning, facilitation between the information sender and receiver, and trust. The paper proposes a new method of risk communication emphasizing the trust building with the local communities through communicative survey. Applying the method in Nagata elementary school, the paper provides a case example with illustration and analysis on useful communicative survey, and exemplifies the shelter planning (shelter location and residents' assignment) process. The participants' ideas and their opinions are best used to adaptively modify and eventually reach the most appropriate assignment plan. It is argued that the process builds trust in the risk information and enables residents to take decisive actions.

Journal

• Journal of Natural Disaster Science

  Journal of Natural Disaster Science 33 (1), 49-58, 2012

  Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science

Keywords

• Risk communication
• Communicative survey
• Questionnaire survey

Details

• CRID: 1390282681464327552
• NII Article ID: 130004734584
• DOI: 10.2328/jnds.33.49
• ISSN: 24346705
• ISSN: 03884090
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • Crossref
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed