Influence of Environmental Values on the Typhoon Risk Perceptions of High School Students: A Case Study in Ningbo, China

Lianying Yao, Jinchi Shen, Fuying Zhang, Xinbing Gu and Shuli Jiang
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Lianying Yao: School of Political Science and Public Administration, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201620, China
Jinchi Shen: School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Fuying Zhang: School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China
Xinbing Gu: Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
Shuli Jiang: School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou 310018, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-18

Abstract: Typhoons are a severe form of natural disaster that can impose huge economic losses and casualties on society. High school students are more vulnerable compared with adults during typhoons. Improving risk perceptions of typhoons can help high school students to effectively respond to typhoons and reduce related losses. Environmental values play an important role in human perceptions and actions. Although typhoons are caused by environmental factors, few studies have investigated the influence of environmental factors on typhoon risk perceptions of high school students. This study investigates the typhoon risk perceptions of high school students in Ningbo, China, and further analyzes the influence of environmental values on these perceptions with the structural equations model. The results reveal that environmental values have significantly positive impacts on typhoon risk perceptions. The findings also demonstrate that disaster threats and the disaster management ability of the government have significant positive impacts on typhoon risk perceptions. This study proposes suggestions and measures to improve typhoon risk perceptions among high school students and provides a reference for typhoon prevention and reduction education in China.

Keywords: risk perception; environmental values; typhoon; structural equation model; high school students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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