The perception of natural hazards in resource management.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JAN 1964Description: 30p., 82 refs, 5 figs, 5 tablesReport number: AcademicSubject: Where disbelief in the possibility of an earthquake, a tornado, or a flood is strong, the resultant damages from the event are likely to be greater than where awareness of the danger leads to effective precautionary action. In this article the authors attempt to set down their understanding of variations in the perception of natural hazard, and to suggest some ways in which it affects the management of resource use. In so doing they are extending the notion that resources are best regarded for management purposes as culturally defined variables, by consideration of the cultural appraisal of natural hazard. It may be argued that the uncertainties of natural hazards in resource management are only a special case of the more general problem of risk in any economic activity. Certainly there are many similarities. But it is only when man seeks to wrest from nature that which he perceives as useful to him that he is strongly challenged by the vagaries of natural phenomena acting over and above the usual uncertainties of economic activity. In other words, the management of resource use brings men into a closer contact with nature (be it viewed as friendly, malevolent, or neutral) where the extreme variations of the environment exercise a much more profound effect than in other economic activities
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Reprinted from the Natural Resources Journal; Jan 1964; Vol 3; No 3; pp412-441
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Where disbelief in the possibility of an earthquake, a tornado, or a flood is strong, the resultant damages from the event are likely to be greater than where awareness of the danger leads to effective precautionary action. In this article the authors attempt to set down their understanding of variations in the perception of natural hazard, and to suggest some ways in which it affects the management of resource use. In so doing they are extending the notion that resources are best regarded for management purposes as culturally defined variables, by consideration of the cultural appraisal of natural hazard. It may be argued that the uncertainties of natural hazards in resource management are only a special case of the more general problem of risk in any economic activity. Certainly there are many similarities. But it is only when man seeks to wrest from nature that which he perceives as useful to him that he is strongly challenged by the vagaries of natural phenomena acting over and above the usual uncertainties of economic activity. In other words, the management of resource use brings men into a closer contact with nature (be it viewed as friendly, malevolent, or neutral) where the extreme variations of the environment exercise a much more profound effect than in other economic activities
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