The effects of confidence in government and information on perceived and actual preparedness for disasters

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-364

  Basolo, Victoria ^a   Steinberg, Laura J ^b   Burby, Raymond J ^c   Levine, Joyce ^d   Cruz, Ana Maria ^e   Huang, Chihyen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^f FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disasters; Natural hazards; Preparedness; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; HURRICANE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549148412     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508317222     Document Type: Article

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