Why people do what they do to protect against earthquake risk: Perceptions of hazard adjustment attributes

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1072-1088

  Lindell, Michael K ^a   Arlikatti, Sudha ^b   Prater, Carla S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Hazard adjustment attributes; Protective action

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; EARTHQUAKE RISK; PRE-IMPACT; PROTECTIVE ACTION; SEISMIC RISK; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; WASHINGTON;

EARTHQUAKES; RISK PERCEPTION; SEISMIC DESIGN;

HAZARDS;

EARTHQUAKE; RISK PERCEPTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PROTECTION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CIVIL DEFENSE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149132658     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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