Predicting community earthquake preparedness: A cross-cultural comparison of Japan and New Zealand

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 765-781

  Paton, Douglas ^a   Bajek, Robert ^b   Okada, Norio ^b   McIvor, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community; Culture; Earthquake; Preparedness; Resilience

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CULTURE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EMPOWERMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS;

JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77956172993     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9500-2     Document Type: Article

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