Whether a large disaster could change public concern and risk perception: A case study of the 7/21 extraordinary rainstorm disaster in Beijing in 2012

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 555-567

  Su, Yun ^a   Zhao, Fan ^a   Tan, Lingzhao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

7 21 Beijing rainstorm; Contrast; Risk concern; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FLOODING; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINSTORM; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85027933679     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1730-x     Document Type: Article

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