The trial and conviction of seven public officials in L’Aquila, central Italy, for having allegedly given out … misleading and incorrect information to the public before the 6 April 2009 earthquake has proved to be one of the most momentous … developments of recent times in science and disaster risk reduction—and also one of the most misunderstood. It highlights the …

This study examines factors that affect disaster evacuees' usage of different media in a multi-channel media … environment, which means that people can receive similar content from multiple media channels. Using the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake … provide information to disaster evacuees. Specifically, it is found that traditional broadcast media and Internet media can …

variation in risk aversion the early exposure to a massive earthquake. Using several waves of the Bank of Italy Survey of … Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), we find that individuals experiencing an earthquake become significantly more risk averse …