Factors Influencing Public Participation in Community Disaster Mitigation Activities: A Comparison of Model and Nonmodel Disaster Mitigation Communities

Ting Que, Yuxin Wu, Shiyu Hu, Jianmin Cai, Nan Jiang and Huige Xing ()
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Ting Que: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yuxin Wu: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Shiyu Hu: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Jianmin Cai: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Nan Jiang: State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Huige Xing: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-18

Abstract: Public participation in community-organized disaster mitigation activities is important for improving disaster mitigation capacity. With data from 260 questionnaires, this study compared the current status of public participation in model disaster mitigation communities and nonmodel communities in a geological-disaster-prone area. Three community-organized disaster mitigation education activities were compared cross-sectionally. A binary logistic regression was used to analyze the effects of attitude, perceived behavioral control, disaster experience, and other key factors on the public’s choice to participate in community disaster mitigation activities. The analysis results indicated that model communities had higher public participation in two efforts, evacuation drills and self-help skills training, and lower participation in activities that invited them to express their feedback than nonmodel communities. The influence of attitudinal factors on the decision to participate in disaster mitigation activities had a high similarity across community types. The public participation in model disaster mitigation communities is influenced by factors such as subjective norms and participation cognition; the behavior of people in nonmodel communities is influenced by factors such as previous experience with disasters, perceived behavioral control, risk perception, and participation cognition and has a greater potential for disaster mitigation community construction. This study provides practical evidence and theoretical support for strengthening the sustainable development of disaster mitigation community building.

Keywords: disaster risk; disaster prevention; public participation; community resilience; disaster mitigation community building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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