Empirical Evidence of Natural Shocks, Risk Perceptions and Resilience from Cameroon

Invariably, it is the poorest of the poor who are mostly affected by perverse disasters, policies and laws. A major concern in disaster research is to explore the relationship between shock experiences and victims＇ perceptions of risk, as well as their possible effect on victims＇ behavior for resili...

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Published in:农业科学与技术：A 2012, Vol.2 (12), p.1344-1355
Main Author: Roland Azibo Balgah Innocent Ndoh Mbue Gertrud Buchenrieder Moses Tita Mogho Njoya
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
受害者
喀麦隆
尼奥斯湖
应变能力
灾害影响
自然
韧性
风险应对
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Summary:Invariably, it is the poorest of the poor who are mostly affected by perverse disasters, policies and laws. A major concern in disaster research is to explore the relationship between shock experiences and victims＇ perceptions of risk, as well as their possible effect on victims＇ behavior for resilience and adaptation. We explore this relationship on victimized households of the 1986 Lake Nyos disaster, employing a quasi-experimental design. Matching was done with non-affected households. Both groups affected and non-affected households were of adequate size, and subject to the same questionnaire. Selection of （470） test and matching households was purposely limited to nine of the ten towns accommodating both survivors and non survivors of the examined disaster. A list constructed with traditional rulers in each village allowed for random sampling of non victims for comparative analysis. We then compare households affected by the disaster with those who were not. The results reveal differentiated perceptions
ISSN:2161-6256