ABSTRACT
Natural disasters remain as one of the most threatening risks around the globe in the present century. Although the advancements in technology have made the likelihood of survival higher in some area, causalities of natural disasters could be observed everywhere on the globe (e.g., EM-DAT, 2006). Scientists and educators have been paying efforts in minimization of possible damages brought by natural disasters through filling the gap between technological advancements and lay people’s perception of disaster risks. However, there still lays a great discrepancy between people’s understandings and the actual size of the risks they face. Technological approach to the issue of making a disaster prepared society faces its limitation when people’s degree of preparedness is being concerned. There should be more efforts paid to better communicate risks and better educate natural disaster threats, in order to make a truly sustainable society.
