| Titre |
Social perception of natural risks by local residents in developing countries—The example of the coastal area of Benin |
| Auteurs |
TEKA SEMADEGBE OSCAR [1],
Vogt Joachim [2],
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| Journal: |
The Social Science Journal |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
| Impact factor: |
0.807 |
| Volume Journal: |
47 |
| DOI: |
doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2009.07.005 |
| Resume |
Risk management and planning activities cannot be sustainably and efficiently implemented unless
being based on a participative approach resulting from the problem consciousness and perception of
the local inhabitants. This requires that the measures linked to problem perception and assessment by
local stakeholders, above all by the population affected, are known. This investigation conducted in the
flat Beninese coastal lagoon areas aims to assess the local inhabitants’ risk perception. The results are
the following: (i) the stakeholders have group-specific ways of risk perception (according to ethnicity,
social group, age); (ii) every risk management strategy should be based on the group-specific ways
of risk perception and assessment; (iii) the acceptance of a given risk management strategy including
interactive ways of participation can be advanced through education, dissemination of risk information
as well as through communication between stakeholders. |
| Mots clés |
Risk perception; Coastal area; Climate change; Participation; Benin |
| Pages |
215 - 224 |
| Fichier |
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