Ali Alqahtany|Ismaila Rimi Abubakar
Public perception and attitudes to disaster risks in a coastal metropolis of Saudi Arabia
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University|Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
disaster risk reduction increasingly important policy issue especially developing countries suffer global human economic losses associated disasters indeed public awareness attitudes help disaster risk reduction management efforts toward reducing mortality economic losses saudi arabia many cities recently experiencing incidences disasters floods disease epidemics sandstorms however studies public perception disaster risk country nascent therefore based questionnaire survey n 683 paper explores public perception attitudes disaster risks dammam coastal metropolis saudi arabia findings indicate although almost twothirds 647 participants aware disasters 81 concerned disaster risks less half 473 believe settlements could risk 37 opine disasters caused natural factors human activities half 54 indicate personally contribute reducing disaster risks chisquare analysis indicates significant positive relationship place residence perception disaster risks 2 6 5618 p 005 place residence concern disaster risks 2 12 6847 p 005 paper recommends raising public awareness encouraging positive behaviors reducing disaster risks study area similar environments