Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation

Natural Disaster Risk and Crisis Management (NDRCM) is an important and multi-faceted process therefore, public participation in any stage of the decision-making, implementation, supervision and evaluation levels can be of particular crucial in helping authorities to manage and reduce the risks. Ta...

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description Natural Disaster Risk and Crisis Management (NDRCM) is an important and multi-faceted process therefore, public participation in any stage of the decision-making, implementation, supervision and evaluation levels can be of particular crucial in helping authorities to manage and reduce the risks. Taking an analytic perspective, this study sought to gain an understand factors and mechanisms affecting public participation at any of the aforementioned levels, on the one hand, and to provide guidelines on how to enhance public participation, on the other. Population in this study included 400 participants from Islamshahr county. Data collection method was survey-correlational, in nature. Results from Pearson Correlation Coefficient indicated that independent variables, i.e., Social Sympathy, Feelings of Inability, Intellectual Function, Level of Awareness (from a given event) and Socio - economic Status, were significantly related to the dependent variable, namely, cooperation in decreasing risks from natural disasters. Meanwhile, results of Multiple Regression Analysis and Pathway Analysis revealed that the independent variables of Social Sympathy, Socio - economic Status, Intellectual Function, Feelings of Inability and Level of Awareness (from a given event) influenced participation in reducing risks from natural disasters. Generally speaking, one can argue that providing public instruction programs at all social levels of Islamshahr county as well as at all stages of crisis management, including preparedness, risk reduction, reaction to risk, reconstruction, establishment of structured NGO groups, initiation of small local groups, public mobilization, charity organizations and establishment of small groups which call Local Crisis Management Groups, can not only actualize peoples motivations and capacities, but also increase social sympathy among them, and hence improve public participation with regards to reduction of risks from natural disasters.
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spelling doaj-art-2587c11c233f4097bd94a8d799e0bb4d2025-08-20T02:26:32ZfasNatural Disasters Research Instituteمسکن و محیط روستا2008-49942588-62152011-12-0130135105120Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation01 Natural Disaster Risk and Crisis Management (NDRCM) is an important and multi-faceted process therefore, public participation in any stage of the decision-making, implementation, supervision and evaluation levels can be of particular crucial in helping authorities to manage and reduce the risks. Taking an analytic perspective, this study sought to gain an understand factors and mechanisms affecting public participation at any of the aforementioned levels, on the one hand, and to provide guidelines on how to enhance public participation, on the other. Population in this study included 400 participants from Islamshahr county. Data collection method was survey-correlational, in nature. Results from Pearson Correlation Coefficient indicated that independent variables, i.e., Social Sympathy, Feelings of Inability, Intellectual Function, Level of Awareness (from a given event) and Socio - economic Status, were significantly related to the dependent variable, namely, cooperation in decreasing risks from natural disasters. Meanwhile, results of Multiple Regression Analysis and Pathway Analysis revealed that the independent variables of Social Sympathy, Socio - economic Status, Intellectual Function, Feelings of Inability and Level of Awareness (from a given event) influenced participation in reducing risks from natural disasters. Generally speaking, one can argue that providing public instruction programs at all social levels of Islamshahr county as well as at all stages of crisis management, including preparedness, risk reduction, reaction to risk, reconstruction, establishment of structured NGO groups, initiation of small local groups, public mobilization, charity organizations and establishment of small groups which call Local Crisis Management Groups, can not only actualize peoples motivations and capacities, but also increase social sympathy among them, and hence improve public participation with regards to reduction of risks from natural disasters.http://jhre.ir/article-1-206-en.pdfpublic participationnatural disasterrisk reduction
spellingShingle Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation
مسکن و محیط روستا
public participation
natural disaster
risk reduction
title Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation
title_full Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation
title_fullStr Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation
title_short Investigation of Effective Factors to Reduce Natural Disaster Risks through Public Participation
title_sort investigation of effective factors to reduce natural disaster risks through public participation
topic public participation
natural disaster
risk reduction
url http://jhre.ir/article-1-206-en.pdf