Small town, big risks: natural, cultural and social risk perception

• João-Pedro Valente ^[1] ; Catarina Gouveiab ^[2] ; Carolina Nevesa ^[1] ; Tatiana Vasques ^[3] ; Fátima Bernardo ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade de Aveiro

     Universidade de Aveiro

     Vera Cruz, Portugal

     
  2. [2] Universidade de Évora

     Universidade de Évora

     Senhora da Saúde, Portugal

     
  3. [3] ULHT-Lusofona University

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• Localización: PsyEcology: Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental, ISSN-e 1989-9386, ISSN 2171-1976, Vol. 12, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 76-98
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2020.1853946
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Ciudad pequeña, grandes riesgos: percepción del riesgo natural, cultural y socia
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    Benavente (Portugal) es una ciudad pequeña que, en comparación con el resto del país, tiene niveles más altos de los siguientes tres tipos de riesgo: terremotos (riesgo natural), criminalidad (riesgo social) y los encierros de toros (riesgo cultural). Esto nos permite explorar el sesgo espacial, esto es, en qué medida las personas tienen una menor percepción del riesgo a nivel local que a nivel nacional o internacional, o si hay algunos riesgos estrechamente relacionados con la cultura local que muestren un patrón diferente. También comprobamos si las dimensiones de la percepción del riesgo identificadas mediante un paradigma psicométrico se relacionan con los tres tipos de riesgo de alta prevalencia en Benavente. Los resultados confirman el sesgo espacial respecto a los terremotos y la criminalidad, pero revelan un patrón inverso respecto a los encierros de toros (riesgo cultural). Los resultados también muestran que las personas puntuaron más alto en la dimensión de Miedo para los terremotos, seguida de la criminalidad, con las puntuaciones más bajas para el encierro de los toros. Se encontraron resultados contrarios en relación con la dimensión de Control.

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    Benavente (Portugal) is a small town which, compared to the rest of the country, has higher levels of the following three types of risks: earthquakes (natural risk), criminality (social risk) and the running of the bulls (cultural risk). This has allowed us to explore spatial bias, i.e., whether people have lower perceptions of risk at the local level than at the national or international levels, or if there are any risks strongly related with the local culture that show a different pattern. We also test whether risk perception dimensions identified by a psychometric paradigm relate to the three risk types that are highly prevalent in Benavente. The results support the spatial bias in relation to earthquakes and criminality but reveal a reverse pattern regarding the running of the bulls (cultural risk). The results also showed that people scored higher on the Dread dimension for earthquakes, followed by criminality, with lower scores in regard to the running of the bulls. The opposite was verified regarding the Control dimension.

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