@article{ref1,
title="Risk perception, risk management and vulnerability to landslides in the hill slopes in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. A preliminary statement",
journal="Disasters",
year="2008",
author="Nathan, F.",
volume="32",
number="3",
pages="337-357",
abstract="The article begins by describing the difficult living conditions of many people in the hill slopes (laderas) of La Paz, Bolivia, demonstrating that they are exposed to a combination of natural and social hazards. It shows that residents, community leaders and city planners tend to underestimate or deny risk, with important consequences for risk management, such as a failure to raise risk awareness. The article then proposes some hypotheses to explain risk perceptions in La Paz, discarding the usual single-approach interpretations and suggesting instead more nuanced theoretical explanations to account for why people build their homes in such hazardous environments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-3666",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}