Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Risk perception in a developing country : the case of Chile

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Risk perception in a developing country : the case of Chile / Nicolás C. Bronfman and Luis A. Cifuentes

In this work we characterize risk perception in Chile, based on the psychometric paradigm, exploring the difference between perceived social and personal risk. For this purpose, we conducted a survey including 54 hazards, 16 risk attributes, and 3 risk constructs. The survey, divide into four parts, was administered to 508 residents of Santiago, Chile

En: Risk analysis : an international journal. - New York and London : Society for Risk Analysis. - Vol. 23, nº 6, December, 2003 ; p. 1271-1285

1. Percepción del riesgo . 2. Riesgo ecológico . 3. Países en desarrollo . 4. Casos prácticos . 5. Chile . 6. Gerencia de riesgos . I. Cifuentes, Luis A. . II. Title.