Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction

Using participatory and qualitative methodologies, such as participatory risk assessment, mind mapping, risk ranking matrix, risk prioritisation and personal interviews, this research explored two domains of change: risk and risk management perceptions among three key stakeholders: children, their c...

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Main Authors: Jonatan A. Lassa, Avianto Amri, Katherine Haynes, Briony Towers, Matthew Abunyewah, Kerstin Zander, Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie
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Katherine Haynes
Briony Towers
Matthew Abunyewah
Kerstin Zander
Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie
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description Using participatory and qualitative methodologies, such as participatory risk assessment, mind mapping, risk ranking matrix, risk prioritisation and personal interviews, this research explored two domains of change: risk and risk management perceptions among three key stakeholders: children, their caring adults, and local public officials in a village in Central Java, Indonesia. The study focused on how these groups perceive and prioritise climate and disaster risks over time and their views on the roles of boys and girls in managing climate risk through time. The research compared responses from children and adults in a village in Central Java, Indonesia, from the 2008 and 2019 cohorts. This research contributes to the literature at two levels. At a conceptual level, this paper discusses changes in children’s and adults’ perceptions of disaster and climate risk over time. At the methodological level, we introduced new ways of risk perception studies by using participatory methods to allow children and their caring adults to participate in qualitative risk assessment in the context of child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction. The findings suggest why adults and children's perceptions of the agency of boys and girls in disaster and climate risk reduction remain (un)change through time.
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spelling doaj-art-90974a4cdd774cfdbc4bce00cbc4c9892025-08-20T03:21:46ZengElsevierSocial Sciences and Humanities Open2590-29112025-01-011110145910.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101459Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reductionJonatan A. Lassa0Avianto Amri1Katherine Haynes2Briony Towers3Matthew Abunyewah4Kerstin Zander5Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie6Charles Darwin University, Australia; Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science (GNS Science) New Zealand, Australia; Corresponding author. Charles Darwin University, Australia.Predikt Tangguh Indonesia, IndonesiaFaculty of Science, Medicine and Health, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences (SEALS), Wollongong, AustraliaLearning Ecologies for Action on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, AustraliaFaculty of Health and Psychology Charles Darwin University, AustraliaThe Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, AustraliaCharles Darwin University, Faculty of Arts and Society, AustraliaUsing participatory and qualitative methodologies, such as participatory risk assessment, mind mapping, risk ranking matrix, risk prioritisation and personal interviews, this research explored two domains of change: risk and risk management perceptions among three key stakeholders: children, their caring adults, and local public officials in a village in Central Java, Indonesia. The study focused on how these groups perceive and prioritise climate and disaster risks over time and their views on the roles of boys and girls in managing climate risk through time. The research compared responses from children and adults in a village in Central Java, Indonesia, from the 2008 and 2019 cohorts. This research contributes to the literature at two levels. At a conceptual level, this paper discusses changes in children’s and adults’ perceptions of disaster and climate risk over time. At the methodological level, we introduced new ways of risk perception studies by using participatory methods to allow children and their caring adults to participate in qualitative risk assessment in the context of child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction. The findings suggest why adults and children's perceptions of the agency of boys and girls in disaster and climate risk reduction remain (un)change through time.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291125001871Risk perceptionDisaster risk reductionClimate change riskChildren agencyChild-centric approachClimate change adaptation
spellingShingle Jonatan A. Lassa
Avianto Amri
Katherine Haynes
Briony Towers
Matthew Abunyewah
Kerstin Zander
Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie
Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction
Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Risk perception
Disaster risk reduction
Climate change risk
Children agency
Child-centric approach
Climate change adaptation
title Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction
title_full Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction
title_fullStr Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction
title_full_unstemmed Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction
title_short Children and adults’ perception of risk and risk management: Insights from long-term participatory data and implication for child-centric climate and disaster risk reduction
title_sort children and adults perception of risk and risk management insights from long term participatory data and implication for child centric climate and disaster risk reduction
topic Risk perception
Disaster risk reduction
Climate change risk
Children agency
Child-centric approach
Climate change adaptation
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291125001871
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