Session 9A Risk Perception and Communication of Weather and Climate Threats. Part I

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
151B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Jennifer A. Spinney, Univ. of Western Ontario, Department of Anthropology, London, ON and Matthew B. Paulus, NCAR, EOL, Boulder, CO

This session will offer research across different threats and populations on how risks are perceived, experienced, and communicated.

Papers:
1:30 PM
9A.1
Early Warning Early Action for Flash Flood Disasters
Andrew Kruczkiewicz, IRI, Palisades, NY; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Hague, Netherlands; and M. Nielsen, H. Greatrex, K. Siahaan, S. N. McClain, and J. Bazo

1:45 PM
9A.2
Surveying the Public about Their Perception and Response to “Everyday” Severe Weather
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and C. League, J. Trainor, and N. Meyers

2:00 PM
9A.3
2:15 PM
9A.4
The Perception of Flash Flood Risk among Emergency Managers in the NWS-MRX County Warning Area
Savannah A. Collins-Key, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and K. N. Ellis and L. Reyes Mason
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