Multiple hazards and risk perceptions over time: the availability heuristic in Italy and Sweden under COVID-19

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/96253 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/96253 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/96253 archive 353 disk0/00/01/76/72 2021-11-29 10:10:30 2021-11-29 11:17:25 2021-11-29 10:10:30 article show Di Baldassarre G. Mondino E. Rusca M. Del Giudice E. Mård J. Ridolfi E. Scolobig A. 1919 Raffetti E. Multiple hazards and risk perceptions over time: the availability heuristic in Italy and Sweden under COVID-19 pub POPJUS EQU COVID-19 The severe impact of global crises, such as COVID-19 and climate change, is plausibly reshaping the way in which people perceive risks. In this paper, we examine and compare how global crises and local disasters influence public perceptions of multiple hazards in Italy and Sweden. To this end, we integrate information about the occurrence of hazardous events with the results of two nationwide surveys. These included more than 4000 participants and were conducted in two different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic corresponding to low (August 2020) and high (November 2020) levels of infection rates. We found that, in both countries, people are more worried about risks related to experienced events. This is in line with the cognitive process known as the availability heuristic: individuals assess the risk associated with a given hazard based on how easily it comes to their mind. Epidemics, for example, are perceived as less likely and more impactful in Italy compared to Sweden. This outcome can be explained by cross-country differences in the impact of, as well as governmental responses to, COVID-19. Notwithstanding the ongoing pandemic, people in both Italy and Sweden are highly concerned about climate change, and they rank it as the most likely threat. 2021-11-12 published European Geosciences Union (EGU) ; Copernicus 10.5194/nhess-21-3439-2021 2607 public Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 21 11 3439-3447 TRUE 2195-9269 Uncovering the Mutual Shaping of Hydrological Extremes and Society (HydroSocialExtremes, H2020 771678) yes info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/771678/EU//HydroSocialExtremes info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess