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Area 6.1.3.2. Vulnerability assessment and societal impacts
ENV.2008.1.3.2.1. Natural Hazards: Social perception, behaviour and responses to risks
The aim of this action is to contribute to a better assessment of risk perception of societies and
communities confronted by natural disasters. The project should identify and assess key
studies, initiatives, best practices and existing legal tools in order to elaborate strategies and
recommendations for actions to improve capacity building, preparedness and resilience of the
society in the context of natural hazards. Gaps in research in these fields need to be assessed.
Education on disaster prevention and awareness raising of the society as a means to improve
social perception and change behaviour needs to be considered in a multidisciplinary context.
The actions described under this topic could be mainly organised by means of small
workshops enabling synthetics vision papers, guidelines and recommendations to be
elaborated.
Funding scheme: coordination and support actions (coordinating type)
Expected impact: State-of-the art knowledge and know-how inventory, improving
ways for raising awareness, enhanced strategies for social perception and
preparedness to natural hazards, guidance for future actions and the role of research.