How do disaster characteristics influence risk perception?

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-643

  Ho, Ming Chou ^a   Shaw, Daigee ^b,c,d   Lin, Shuyeu ^e   Chiu, Yao Chu ^f  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR DISASTER REDUCTION   (Taiwan)

^e MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disaster type; Experience; Flood; Gender; Landslide; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; LANDSLIDES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR;

ECONOMIC LOSSES; GENERAL PUBLIC (CO); NATURAL DISASTERS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DISASTER; FLOOD; GENDER; LANDSLIDE; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISASTER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; FLOODING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; VICTIM;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 45349092322     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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