pesd2022161015

	PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Volume 16, Issue no.1/ 2022

	Title: Perception of the climate risk phenomena in Suceava municipality and surrounding areas
	Authors : Dumitru MIHĂILĂ 1 , Mădălina - Naomi JIBU 1* , Petruț-Ionel BISTRICEAN 1 , Vasilică- Dănuț HORODNIC 1 , Mihaela ȚICULEANU (CIURLICĂ) 1 1 “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Department of Geography, Romania; E-mail : * Corresponding author: naomijibu@gmail.com
	https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2022161015
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	Abstract This study is the first to date which addresses the issue of public perception of meteorological and climate risks in the city of Suceava and surrounding areas and among the few studies on this topic conducted at the national level. The aim of the study is to explore from several perspectives the impact of severe atmospheric phenomena on the social and economic environment of Suceava and its surroundings, but also the way in which the population relates to them. The study is based on an online survey (January 2021) regarding the meteorological-climate risk phenomena that occur in Suceava and the neighboring localities respectively, which was applied to a number of 514 inhabitants who have permanent or temporary residence in this area. The survey contains 29 items; of these, one item required additional clarification, which was obtained by asking a complex question to an additional number of 253 respondents (May-June 2021). The respondents belonged to several age groups and socio-professional categories. Based on the received answers, we constructed a complex picture of the way in which the population of Suceava and the neighboring suburban localities relate to these dangerous phenomena, which can be useful both scientifically and in practice by the authorities. We found that the population of Suceava is familiar at an average to good level with the issue of meteorological-climatic risks.

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