Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Risk Perception In Emergency Planning Environments
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Risk Perception In Emergency Planning Environments
Do you wish to request the book?
Risk Perception In Emergency Planning Environments
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Journal Article
Risk Perception In Emergency Planning Environments
2014
Overview
Catastrophic events which are able to generate great emergency situations involving very large areas and huge networks are usually characterized by very low values of occurrence probability. This leads us to believe that individual risk perception is consequently and most likely affected by errors and it is also rather far from the effective risk level. Therefore, a priori assignment of an event risk factor is not very correct, because it can lead to large misevaluations. The risk measure of an event is a research field where some concepts belonging to psychometrics, physics and sociology are often interacting, if not mutually overlapped. This paper deals with a relatively new approach to individual risk perception and evaluation based on Prospect Theory and shows its applications for disaster and emergency management in a transport network. The main differences and advantages with other more traditional approaches are also displayed and discussed. Finally, some practical examples are referred to in order to support the strengths of Prospect Theory potential applications.
Publisher
W I T Press
Subject
ISBN
1845647440, 9781845647445
