Results and Discussion

Table of Contents

1. The People Interviewed

2.2 Prevention, Coping and Mitigation

• 2.2.1 Strategy: Maintain a state of constant preparedness for the disaster
• 2.2.2 Strategy: Find a safe place and wait out the disaster
• 2.2.3 Strategy: Rely on dogs, reindeer or horses to lead the way to safety
• 2.2.4 Strategy: Avoid and mitigate disasters by regulating the size of reindeer herds and managing the use of pastures
• 2.2.5 Strategies for coping with avalanches
• 2.2.6 Strategies for avoiding and extinguishing wildfires
• 2.2.7 Strategies for decreasing the impact of floods

3. Environmental Impacts of Disasters

• 3.1 Common and serious disasters
• 3.2 Environmental impacts of fires
• 3.3 Environmental impacts of seismic activity and volcanic eruptions
• 3.4 Environmental impacts of drought
• 3.5 Environmental impacts of icing
• 3.6 Environmental impacts of lightning
• 3.7 Environmental impacts of floods
• 3.8 Environmental impacts of wind and blizzards

4. Other Project Findings

• 4.1 Attitude to traditional knowledge
• 4.2 Attitude to disasters

Note: Section 4 is based both on the interview results and on comments from and discussions with the interviewers, who kept notes of the reactions of people to the questions during their interviews.

5. Main Conclusions