The city of Mohammedia is one of the cities threatened by the risks of disasters, both natural and technological, in Morocco. This is in view of the conditions it has in place to ensure that these risks occur, For this reason, this article shows the perception of these risk by the city population, how aware they are of them, and how willing they are to face them. That's why this article is special because it's the first in the region to address this topic.
To accomplish this, research was conducted with the population by filling out the form containing a set of questions related to the relationship of the population's perception of risks and measuring their knowledge of this. Because people's perception of the risks surrounding it helps a lot in the process of responding and mitigating damage in case of risk, and in general the results of this study came that there is a lack of great interest among the population in the subject of disaster risk in their city.
This study is important due to the subject studied, although it does not address several levels such as gender, social, economic and educational level. However, through the results, several indicators have emerged showing the extent to which the city population understands the risks of disasters facing them. One of the findings is that a very high percentage of more than 90 % are not aware of the city's disaster risk management plan. And that 67 % of the group surveyed are not satisfied or unsure and worried about how the authorities will behave in situations of risk.
Therefore, in order to value these results, we recommend paying attention to the knowledge and awareness aspect for a population regarding knowledge first of all of the risks, and then secondly of working to teach appropriate actions in case of risk. This does not come in a short period of time, but it is a strategic plan that intersects with all levels, whether in the educational, health, security and infrastructure sectors within the city of Mohammedia. Therefore, the responsible authorities must take into account a set of observations, especially the negative, which showed the great work expected to improve and raise the culture of risks among the population, especially in some axes such as knowledge, behavior, methods of communication and exchange of information in situations of risk.
