Disaster evacuations: Tourist-business managers rarely act as customers expect

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 48-57

  Drabek, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 0034238801     PISSN: 00108804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-8804(00)80034-8     Document Type: Article

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19. See: Drabek (June 1995), pp. 86-96; and Drabek, 1994.
20. See: Drabek (June 1995), pp. 86-96; and Drabek, 1994.
21. For details, see Drabek T.E. Disaster Evacuation Behavior: Tourists and Other Transients. 1996;345-352 Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
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23. For details, see: Drabek, June 1995 and Drabek, 1994.
24. For details, see: Drabek, June 1995 and Drabek, 1994.
25. For more information regarding the range and characteristics of these firms, see Drabek, June 1995, pp. 88-89.
26. See: Lindell and Perry; and Sorensen et al.
27. See: Lindell and Perry; and Sorensen et al.
28. For example, see: Mileti and O'Brien; and Drabek, 1986.
29. For example, see: Mileti and O'Brien; and Drabek, 1986.
30. Drabek, 1994, p. 94.
31. For examples of the types of training that might be implemented, see Drabek T.E., Gee Y. Emergency Management Principles and Application for Tourism, Hospitality and Travel Management. 2000;FEMA's Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD, This guide is also available at «http://www.fema.gov/EMI/edu/higher.htmå.
32. Drabek T.E. Disaster-Induced Employee Evacuation. 1999;Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
33. For responses regarding local government officials, see: Drabek, 1996, pp. 298-299.