@article{fdi:010084068,
  title = {{L}essons learned about the importance of raising risk awareness in the {M}editerranean region (north {M}orocco and west {S}ardinia, {I}taly)},
  author = {{I}vcevic, {A}. and {M}azurek, {H}ubert and {S}iame, {L}. and {B}ertoldo, {R}. and {S}tatzu, {V}. and {A}gharroud, {K}. and {E}strela-{R}ego, {I}. and {M}ukherjee, {N}. and {B}ellier, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n order to mitigate the potentially dramatic effects of natural hazards, risk management measures are critical. {H}owever, the lack of interdisciplinary indicators and adaptable governance frameworks highlights society's vulnerability in the particular context of global environmental and climate change. {T}his interdisciplinary research aimed at identifying reliable risk indicators and societal responses regarding natural hazards and climate change impacts to provide a governance framework for disaster risk reduction. {D}ifferent societies face diverse risks and do not necessarily have the same level of local awareness of these risk. {T}o explore the diversity of risks, two sites were selected from the {M}editerranean basin, one chosen from the south coast (north {M}orocco) and the other from the north coast (the {I}talian island of {S}ardinia). {N}orth {M}orocco, a region of multi-risks, is characterised by high demographic and economic pressures; west {S}ardinia has remarkable biodiversity of wetlands and is characterised by high environmental and agricultural pressures, which in both cases intensify the vulnerability of the coastal areas. {T}esting for the local population's preparedness for future financial protection allowed for discussing the importance of risk awareness sessions or activities as an indicator of risk management. {T}he significance of risk awareness sessions is shown in a quantitative part of the study, and its importance is also discussed with local stakeholders in north {M}orocco in a qualitative part of the study. {I}t is shown that, although risk awareness sessions are recognised as important in risk management, they are not necessarily implemented. {B}ased on these findings, further ideas on a new series of less descriptive, more dynamic and more user-friendly indicators are suggested. {H}ow can risk sessions be a dynamic indicator of a resilient society ? {T}he obtained results could serve in future governance frameworks for the mitigation of natural hazards in the {M}editerranean region and more widely. {F}inally, the urgent need for continuous work to overcome the communication gap between the scientific community, risk administrators, civil society and the general population is emphasised.},
  keywords = {{MAROC} ; {ITALIE} ; {SARDEGNA} ; {PAYS} {MEDITERRANEENS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}atural {H}azards and {E}arth {S}ystem {S}ciences},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {3749--3765},
  ISSN = {1561-8633},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.5194/nhess-21-3749-2021},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084068},
}