Risk perceptions and mining-induced displacement and resettlement: a case study from Anhui Province, China

Abstract

ABSTRACT Based on data obtained from a survey conducted in the Liang Huai coal mining area in Anhui Province, the author analyzed the risk perception of a group of affected persons (APs) regarding the reality of relocation and their willingness to move. The purpose was to test the scales created and analyze as a whole the most significant predictors found in the pervious literature. The results show that the individual characteristics of APs and the resettlement compensation model have a greater impact on the risk perception of resettlement. According to the analysis results of the four types of risk perception, the effects of various types of influencing factors on the risk perception of relocation are different. AP's perception of the risk of relocation is actually a complicated process. It is influenced by both subjective and non-subjective factors and by rational and irrational factors and is the result of multiple factors. The perceived risk of affected households is characterized by system complexity, multi-factor correlation, regional differences and particularity.