Managing tsunami risk: Social context influences on preparedness

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Paton, Douglas ^a   Houghton, Bruce F ^b   Gregg, Chris E ^c   McIvor, David ^a   Johnston, David M ^d   Bürgelt, Petra ^d   Larin, Penny ^b   Gill, Duane A ^e   Ritchie, Liesel A ^f   Meinhold, Steven ^g   Horan, Jennifer ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Empowerment; Preparedness; Trust; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954884288     PISSN: 18344909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/prp.3.1.27     Document Type: Article

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