Evacuation decision making and behavioral responses: Individual and household

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 69-77

  Dash, Nicole ^a   Gladwin, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evacuation; Human factors; Hurricanes; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EVACUATION; HUMAN FACTORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HURRICANES; RISK MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DECISION MAKING;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECISION MAKING; HURRICANE; RISK PERCEPTION; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34547146383     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2007)8:3(69)     Document Type: Article

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