Testing the use of a 'questionnaire survey instrument' to investigate public perceptions of tsunami hazard and risk in Sydney, Australia

Natural Hazards

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-122

  Bird, Deanne ^a   Dominey Howes, Dale ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public perception; Questionnaire structure; Questionnaire survey instrument; Risk mitigation; Sydney; Tsunami risk

Indexed keywords

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION; WARNING SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 39949083586     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9172-8     Document Type: Article

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