Hello, Juliana,

I can recommend you some research on the field of risk perception that our research team (Ricardo Garcia MIra and myself) have made in Spain, regarding risk perception in the Spanish and European context. Especially, we have a number of studies on spill oil (Prestige) disaster, as well as We have made an studfy on the risk perception on a chemical insdustry in urban areas. Mi colleague Adina Dumitru has also conducted a research on risk perception on nuclear facilties in Spain. 

Also the portuguese professor Palma did some research on risk perception and social intervention.

I can recommend you some articles  and links if you are interested in this area od study. 

Best 

Isabel 

Hi Juliana

I found these readings quite useful. Hope they can also help you.

Best regards, isabel

Bourke, L. B., Regan, R., Kelley, M. M., Wood, M. M., Kano, M., & Mileti, D. S. (2012). An examination of the effect of perceived risk on preparedness behaviour. Environment and behaviour 45(5), 615-649.

Mileti, D. S. & Sorensen, J. H. (1987). Why people take precautions against natural disasters. In Taking care: Why people take precautions, ed. N. Weinstein, 189-207. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Paton, D., Smith, L., & Johnson, D. (2005).When good intentions turn bad: Promoting natural hazard preparedness. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 20, 25-30.

Perry, R. & Lindell, M. (2008). Preparedness for Emergency Response: Guidelines for the Emergency Planning Process. Disasters 27(4), 336-350.

Spittal, M. J., McClure, J., Siegert, R. J., & Walkey, F. H. (2008). Predictors of two types of earthquake preparation: Survival activities and mitigation activities. Environment & Behavior 40(6), 798-817.

Disaster Risk Reduction - Not a research piece but great website out of the UN on Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience: http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/46052  - would encourage you to look around this website for other related pieces that might better fit your specific question.....

http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/46052

I suggest to contact Paula Repetto at [email protected]

I suggest to contact Paula Repetto  [email protected]  and take a look at http://www.cigiden.cl/

There is some classic judgement and decision making work on risk perception including disaster risk as it pertains to unpacking effects and subadditivity (e.g. risk of any disaster at all being perceived as less than the sum of the risks of different types of disasters), and framing effects.  Some good places to start would be:

Tversky, A., & Koehler, D. J. (1994). Support theory: A nonextensional representation of subjective probability. Psychological Review, 101, 547–567.

and

Johnson, E. J., Hershey, J., Meszaros, J., & Kunreuther, H. (1993). Framing, probability distortions, and insurance decisions (pp. 35-51). Springer Netherlands.

There are also more recent studies and citations but I'm only familar with the classics.