摘要：In Romania, local stakeholders' knowledge plays a role inmaking decisions for emergencies, supporting rescue officers in natural hazard events, coordinating, and assisting the affected populationsphysically and psychologically. However, despite the increasing occurrenceand severity of natural hazards in the Iași metropolitan area (of north-easternRomania), there is a lack of knowledge of local stakeholders on how toencourage the population regarding safety actions. For this reason, weinterviewed 118 local stakeholders to determine their risk awareness andpreparedness capacities over a set of natural hazards, in order to understand wheredeficiencies in knowledge, action, and trust are greatest. Results revealsubstantial distinctions between different threats and among stakeholdersbased on their cognitive and behavioural roles in the communities. The rolesof responsibility and trust are important driving factors shaping theirperception and preparedness. Preparedness levels are low, and, for many,learning and preparatory actions are needed to build resilience to thenegative occurrences of natural hazards. As the stakeholders' role is to directinterventions in affected areas by managing communication initiatives withthe entire population of the community, there is a need to createstakeholders' networks, empowering local actors and serving as a bridgebetween authorities' decisions and local people, making effective riskmanagement plans, and securing more lives and economies.
