NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA
Geography of perception aims at clarifying human behaviour by studying the concepts and images of the real world that a person elaborates on by considering the psychological and social aspects of man’s behaviour within an environment. In this context, a questionnaire was given to primary and middle...
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Geography of perception aims at clarifying human behaviour by studying the concepts and
images of the real world that a person elaborates on by considering the psychological and
social aspects of man’s behaviour within an environment. In this context, a questionnaire was
given to primary and middle school pupils in an area of Calabria (Southern Italy), which has
recently been affected by an on-going seismic sequence widely felt by the local population.
The same questionnaire was given to students in Malta (Central Mediterranean), an area
considered to have a low-to-moderate seismic hazard, and where earthquake awareness is not
culturally strong. In this way, the knowledge effectively possessed by the students (relating to
age, experience and area of origin) are analysed; their analogous and differing perceptions on
earthquakes in different areas are highlighted. The data collected can be used to project and
create new informative tools through which students will become “geographic information
volunteers” studying natural risks such as earthquakes, and augmenting the territory’s level of
resilience.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f4868fcd146e4b4c90ebd60546bcabfe2025-08-20T02:52:46ZengEuropean Association of GeographersEuropean Journal of Geography1792-13412410-74332015-03-0161NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTAFrancesco DE PASCALE0Marcello BERNARDO1Francesco MUTO2Sebastiano D’AMICO3Rosarianna ZUMBOPauline GALEA4Matthew AGIUS5University of Calabria, Department of Languages and Educational Sciences, ItalyUniversity of Calabria, Department of Languages and Educational Sciences, ItalyUniversity of Calabria, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, ItalyUniversity of Malta, Department of Physics, MaltaUniversity of Malta, Department of Physics, MaltaUniversity of Malta, Department of Physics, Malta Geography of perception aims at clarifying human behaviour by studying the concepts and images of the real world that a person elaborates on by considering the psychological and social aspects of man’s behaviour within an environment. In this context, a questionnaire was given to primary and middle school pupils in an area of Calabria (Southern Italy), which has recently been affected by an on-going seismic sequence widely felt by the local population. The same questionnaire was given to students in Malta (Central Mediterranean), an area considered to have a low-to-moderate seismic hazard, and where earthquake awareness is not culturally strong. In this way, the knowledge effectively possessed by the students (relating to age, experience and area of origin) are analysed; their analogous and differing perceptions on earthquakes in different areas are highlighted. The data collected can be used to project and create new informative tools through which students will become “geographic information volunteers” studying natural risks such as earthquakes, and augmenting the territory’s level of resilience. https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/499 |
| spellingShingle | Francesco DE PASCALE Marcello BERNARDO Francesco MUTO Sebastiano D’AMICO Rosarianna ZUMBO Pauline GALEA Matthew AGIUS NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA European Journal of Geography |
| title | NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA |
| title_full | NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA |
| title_fullStr | NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA |
| title_full_unstemmed | NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA |
| title_short | NEOGEOGRAPHY AND SEISMIC RISK PERCEPTION. A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO CASE STUDIES: CALABRIA, SOUTHERN ITALY AND MALTA |
| title_sort | neogeography and seismic risk perception a comparison between two case studies calabria southern italy and malta |
| url | https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/499 |
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