Perception of intense precipitation events by public opinion

A survey of four years of local newspapers over the island of Sardinia was conducted. Articles were com- pared against meteorological observations in order to un- derstand how efficiently intense precipitation events are per- ceived. The comparison showed that, on a wide and heterogeneous area, public opinion perceives correctly 44% of events and its perception is unbiased. If, however, the focus is placed upon urban areas, the ability to perceive grows to 66%, but an "overperception" of 33% arises. If focus is finally placed upon rural areas, skills worsen, several events are missed and a significant negative bias is detected.

• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

• Publication date

  2005-07-22

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5194/NHESS-5-499-2005
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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