Community readiness for a new tsunami warning system: Quasi-experimental and benchmarking evaluation of a school education component

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1411-1425

  Ronan, Kevin R ^a   Crellin, Kylie ^a   Johnston, David M ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hazards adjustment; Hazards education; Preparedness; Youth resilience

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EDUCATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84858796877     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0070-8     Document Type: Article

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