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Participatory Decision-Making on Hazard Warnings

In: Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards

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  • Gordon Woo

    (Risk Management Solutions (RMS))

Abstract

There are many hazard situations where there is significant uncertainty over whether a dangerous event will actually materialize and threaten a populated region. In the presence of such uncertainty, hazard warnings may be issued to motivate a diverse range of mitigating actions that might reduce the risk of casualties should a major natural hazard event occur. Most of these possible actions involve the active cooperation of citizens in the region affected. Guidelines for the involvement of citizens in the decision-making process are identified, with a focus on key principles that provide a platform for participatory decision-making. These principles include the democratic right of citizens to information and choice; the need for basic training and education on risk issues to enable citizens to make more evidence-based decisions; the opportunities for governments to nudge rather than coerce citizens into taking actions; the scope for application of the precautionary principle; and the over-arching need for decisions to be rational, equitable and defensible.

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  • Gordon Woo, 2016. "Participatory Decision-Making on Hazard Warnings," Risk, Governance and Society, in: Paolo Gardoni & Colleen Murphy & Arden Rowell (ed.), Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 221-240, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:rischp:978-3-319-22126-7_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22126-7_13
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