Landslide risk perception in Frosinone (Lazio, Central Italy)

Landslides are recurrent phenomena in Italy, but little is known regarding the public perception of related risk. In order to investigate landslide risk perception of recent phenomena, we decided to perform a qualitative investigation in Frosinone (Lazio, Central Italy) where, during 2013, a relevan...

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Published inLandslides Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 1419 - 1429
Main Authors Gravina, T., Figliozzi, E., Mari, N., De Luca Tupputi Schinosa, F .
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agriculture
Civil Engineering
Conservation
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Emergencies
Emergency management
Environmental risk
Geography
Land conservation
Landslides
Landslides & mudslides
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Perception
Perceptions
Qualitative research
Risk
Risk perception
Surveying
Italy
Landslide
Risk perception
Questionnaire
Central Italy
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Summary:Landslides are recurrent phenomena in Italy, but little is known regarding the public perception of related risk. In order to investigate landslide risk perception of recent phenomena, we decided to perform a qualitative investigation in Frosinone (Lazio, Central Italy) where, during 2013, a relevant landslide (“Viaduct Biondi”) occurred. Survey results highlighted that Frosinone population have been experiencing landslides but do not consider themselves threatened and prepared in occurrence of this type of emergency. This study pointed out that Frosinone municipality and surrounding town populations behave as an inactive actor in land conservation and management, addressing major responsibility to institutions. For this reason, realization of a purposed designed dissemination campaign would be useful in order to improve citizen knowledge and to enhance their participation in landslide risk reduction activities.
ISSN:1612-510X
1612-5118
DOI:10.1007/s10346-016-0787-2