Perception of Natural Hazards in Rural Areas: A Case Study Examination of the Influence of Seasonal Weather

Rodrigo Rudge Ramos Ribeiro, Samia Nascimento Sulaiman, Michelle Bonatti, Stefan Sieber and Marcos Alberto Lana
Additional contact information
Rodrigo Rudge Ramos Ribeiro: Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Av. Paulista 542, São Paulo 01311–000, Brazil
Samia Nascimento Sulaiman: Federal University of ABC, Risk Management Laboratory, Av. dos Estados 5001, São Paulo 09210–180, Brazil
Michelle Bonatti: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Stefan Sieber: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Marcos Alberto Lana: Crop production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Box 7043 75007, Sweden

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-13

Abstract: A series of factors affect the social perception of hazards in a rural context. This article analyzes how weather conditions influence farmers’ perceptions of natural hazards. In order to understand the relationship between time of year/season and farmers’ concerns about hazards, this study was undertaken. The methodology was based on surveys done to obtain a base-collection of primary data, as well as a meteorological and production analysis using secondary data. A case study of small coffee farms was carried out in a Brazilian municipality with questionnaires applied during the dry season in 2016 and the rainy season in 2017. The results indicate that drought is the main hazard identified by farmers in both weather seasons. Although there were some changes in perceptions observed, the ranking order of the main hazards did not change over the dry and rainy weather seasons.

Keywords: extreme climate event; hazard; perception (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/6/2251/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/6/2251/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:6:p:2251-:d:332054

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().