Percentage of the population born on place (collective knowledge on areas subject to natural hazards)

 


  • Indicator

[people born in the same commune/total number of inhabitants]

  • Range
 [- %]
  • Influence on vulnerability
 The higher the percentage, the less the region is sensitive. People born on place are supposed to have a higher knowledge on the areas subject to natural hazards in the region and carry a collective memory of past events (information that is not always available otherwise) (Barbisch, Boulianne et al. 2006).
  • Trend
 Linear ↓
  • Data source

BFS (2010), Schuler, Dessemontet et al (2007).

  • Remarks

In addition to this aspect, information flow plays an important role (we consider here a world of perfect information).

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