Does pollution perception lead to risk avoidance behaviour? A mixed methods analysis

This paper looks at three contaminated communities in southern Europe facing pollution from industrial and mining activity analyses forms of avoidance behaviour, using both economic sociological approaches. Based on a quantitative household survey, we show that behaviour is mainly explained by residential location socio-economic characteristics. Pollution perception not statistically correlated to most behaviour. From in-depth qualitative interviews, learn more about people’s risk whether why people adopt including discovering some inventive solutions. To conclude, our results cast doubt the efficacy current public advisory communications.