TY - JOUR
T1 - Earthquake risk perception and Mexico City's public safety
AU - Santos-Reyes, Jaime
AU - Gouzeva, Tatiana
AU - Santos-Reyes, Galdino
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The paper presents some results on seismic risk and other hazards perception of a sector of the public of Mexico City. The approach has been the application of a pre-test of an 'instrument' that has been designed for a much bigger field study. Some key findings are the following: a) the sector of the public surveyed considered seismic risk (33%) as the most worrying threat to their daily lives; this was followed by gas explosion (19%), crime (18%), fires (13%), volcanic eruptions (11%), & floods (6%); b) the preliminary results show that the participants do not have the culture of prevention in relation to seismic risk; and c) the participants (those who experienced the 1985 earthquake and those who did not) have not learned the basic lesson (as recommended by Civil Protection) not to immediately leave the building during the quake. More research is being undertaken to seismic risk perception and the public safety.
AB - The paper presents some results on seismic risk and other hazards perception of a sector of the public of Mexico City. The approach has been the application of a pre-test of an 'instrument' that has been designed for a much bigger field study. Some key findings are the following: a) the sector of the public surveyed considered seismic risk (33%) as the most worrying threat to their daily lives; this was followed by gas explosion (19%), crime (18%), fires (13%), volcanic eruptions (11%), & floods (6%); b) the preliminary results show that the participants do not have the culture of prevention in relation to seismic risk; and c) the participants (those who experienced the 1985 earthquake and those who did not) have not learned the basic lesson (as recommended by Civil Protection) not to immediately leave the building during the quake. More research is being undertaken to seismic risk perception and the public safety.
KW - Earthquake
KW - Mexico City
KW - Public safety
KW - Seimic risk
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922286036&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.10.484
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.10.484
M3 - Artículo de la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84922286036
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 84
SP - 662
EP - 671
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
T2 - 2014 9th International Symposium on Safety Science and Technology, ISSST 2014
Y2 - 4 November 2014 through 6 November 2014
ER -
