Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland:implications for community education
Recent studies indicate that large prehistoric jökulhlaup have flooded west from Mýrdalsjökull glacier along the Markarfljót River, south Iceland. This new evidence coupled with an increase in seismicity in the Katla caldera, the underlying volcano of Mýrdalsjökull, has highlighted a possible risk t...
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ftmacquarieunicr:oai:https://researchers.mq.edu.au:publications/2cf697cc-e712-4032-8e16-45801667e1ff 2023-05-15T16:21:43+02:00 Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland:implications for community education Bird, Deanne Gisladottir, Gudrun Dominey-Howes, Dale 2009-05 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/2cf697cc-e712-4032-8e16-45801667e1ff https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2009.024985 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77958565073&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Bird , D , Gisladottir , G & Dominey-Howes , D 2009 , ' Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland : implications for community education ' , International Journal of Management and Decision Making , vol. 10 , no. 3-4 , pp. 164-175 . https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2009.024985 Community education Hazard Iceland Jökulhlaup Katla Mýrdalsjökull Public perception Risk article 2009 ftmacquarieunicr https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2009.024985 2022-11-06T06:34:44Z Recent studies indicate that large prehistoric jökulhlaup have flooded west from Mýrdalsjökull glacier along the Markarfljót River, south Iceland. This new evidence coupled with an increase in seismicity in the Katla caldera, the underlying volcano of Mýrdalsjökull, has highlighted a possible risk to local communities encompassing the Markarfljót River. Consequently, the Icelandic Civil Defence held an evacuation exercise in March 2006 to test a newly developed evacuation plan. Following this exercise, we conducted questionnaire surveys in order to investigate the public's knowledge and perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk. Our results indicate that residents have a sound knowledge of jökulhlaup hazard. However, only 50% of residents perceive that their community could be at risk. Therefore, it is essential that jökulhlaup risk perception is increased to ensure a positive response to evacuation orders. This can be achieved through education programmes, open forum meetings and by regularly distributing hazard information. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Iceland Katla Mýrdalsjökull Macquarie University Research Portal Katla ENVELOPE(-19.062,-19.062,63.631,63.631) Mýrdalsjökull ENVELOPE(-19.174,-19.174,63.643,63.643) Markarfljót ENVELOPE(-20.101,-20.101,63.530,63.530) International Journal of Management and Decision Making 10 3/4 164 |
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Recent studies indicate that large prehistoric jökulhlaup have flooded west from Mýrdalsjökull glacier along the Markarfljót River, south Iceland. This new evidence coupled with an increase in seismicity in the Katla caldera, the underlying volcano of Mýrdalsjökull, has highlighted a possible risk to local communities encompassing the Markarfljót River. Consequently, the Icelandic Civil Defence held an evacuation exercise in March 2006 to test a newly developed evacuation plan. Following this exercise, we conducted questionnaire surveys in order to investigate the public's knowledge and perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk. Our results indicate that residents have a sound knowledge of jökulhlaup hazard. However, only 50% of residents perceive that their community could be at risk. Therefore, it is essential that jökulhlaup risk perception is increased to ensure a positive response to evacuation orders. This can be achieved through education programmes, open forum meetings and by regularly distributing hazard information. |
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Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland:implications for community education |
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Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland:implications for community education |
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Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland:implications for community education |
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Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland:implications for community education |
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Bird , D , Gisladottir , G & Dominey-Howes , D 2009 , ' Public perception of jökulhlaup hazard and risk in Iceland : implications for community education ' , International Journal of Management and Decision Making , vol. 10 , no. 3-4 , pp. 164-175 . https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMDM.2009.024985 |
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