Spatial Risk Perception among 9th Grade Students Mainland Portugal "versus" the Metropolitan Area of Porto

Autor/inn/en	Martins, Bruno; Nunes, Adélia; Lourenço, Luciano
Titel	Spatial Risk Perception among 9th Grade Students Mainland Portugal "versus" the Metropolitan Area of Porto
Quelle	In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 28 (2019) 3, S.194-210 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Martins, Bruno) ORCID (Nunes, Adélia) ORCID (Lourenço, Luciano)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-2046
DOI	10.1080/10382046.2018.1561632
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mass Media; Risk; Proximity; Grade 9; Student Attitudes; Metropolitan Areas; Geography Instruction; Natural Disasters; Identification; Classification; Fire Protection; Forestry; Municipalities; Comparative Analysis; Information Sources; Secondary School Students; Spatial Ability; Correlation; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Massenmedien; Risiko; Lebensnähe; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Schülerverhalten; Ballungsraum; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Brandbekämpfung; Forstwissenschaft; Waldwirtschaft; Magistrat; Information source; Informationsquelle; Sekundarschüler; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Korrelation
Abstract	This study aims to assess the perception that 9th year students have about some key concepts related to the "science of risk" and to evaluate their ability to identify and classify the natural and mixed risks with a greater probability of occurrence, both at national level and in the Metropolitan Area of Porto (MAP). A questionnaire was applied to 308 students in the 9th year, before the content was taught in geography classes. The results show that students have major difficulties when assessing concepts (such as susceptibility, vulnerability and disaster) and the causes, consequences and mitigation measures identification were evaluated by them as the most important local/municipal risks. In general, the students rated forest fire as the risk most likely to occur, both nationally and in all the MAP municipalities, with a classification of high (national) and moderate (MAP). At municipal level, however, some differences were highlighted in the ranking for the different types of risk. These results also suggest that risk perception is shaped by informal sources of information such as that provided by mass media, and the proximity to a certain type of risk. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01