Public support for earthquake risk mitigation in Portland, Oregon

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-216

  Flynn, James ^a   Slovic, Paul ^a   Mertz, C K ^a   Carlisle, Cathie ^b  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Bureau of Buildings   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake hazards; Risk mitigation; Risk perceptions; Seismic risk

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS; EARTHQUAKE RISK MITIGATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUILDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032816674     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006969526398     Document Type: Article

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