Risk perception in urban and rural areas

Yatina Calixte, Vincent Jourdain, Fiona Ottaviani, Grenoble Alpes University, Mines Saint-Etienne, Jean Monnet University, Univ Lumière Lyon , Univ Lyon , Jean Moulin, ENS Lyon, ENSA Lyon, Institut Henri Fayol, Grenoble Ecole de Management

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Published online on May 30, 2026

Abstract

Local Economy, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 367-393, August 2026.
Are risk perceptions “spatially differentiated realities”? This article is based on the first local version of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report and considers risk perception as a social construct. This action-research project, carried out in ...