Spatial and Temporal Variation in Evacuee Risk Perception Throughout the Evacuation and Return-Entry Process

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1468-1480

  Siebeneck, Laura K ^a   Cova, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedar Rapids; Evacuation; Return entry; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CEDAR RAPIDS; CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA; EVACUATION; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; RETURN-ENTRY; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS;

PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; RISK PERCEPTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODS; HUMANS; IOWA; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CEDAR RAPIDS; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865307829     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01781.x     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Zelinsky W, Kosinski LA. The Emergency Evacuation of Cities. Savage, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, Inc., 1991.
2. Cutter SL. Societal vulnerability to environmental hazards. International Social Science Journal, 1996; 47(4):525-535.
3. Cutter SL, Boruff BJ, Shirley WL. Social vulnerability to environmental hazards. Social Science Quarterly, 2003; 84(1):242-261.
4. Tierney KJ, Lindell MK, Perry, RW. Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press/National Academy Press, 2001.
5. Wolshon B, Urbina Hamilton E, Levitan M, Wilmot C. (2005). Review of policies and practices for hurricane evacuation. II: Traffic operations, management, and control. Natural Hazards Review, 2005; 6(3):143-161.
6. Dash N, Gladwin H. Evacuation decision making and behavioral responses: Individual and household. Natural Hazards Review, 2007; 8(3):69-77.
7. Dash N, Morrow BH. Return delays and evacuation order compliance: The case of Hurricane Georges and the Florida Keys. Environmental Hazards, 2000; 2(3):119-128.
8. Siebeneck LK, Cova TJ. An assessment of the return-entry process Hurricane Rita 2005. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 2008; 26(2):91-111.
9. Li W, Airriess CA, Chen A, Leong KJ, Keith V. Katrina and migration: Evacuation and return by African Americans and Vietnamese Americans in an eastern New Orleans suburb. the Professional Geographer, 2010; 61(1):103-118.
10. Quarantelli EL. Evacuation behavior and problems: Findings and implications for the research literature. Final Report to FEMA 1980; Disaster Research Center. 1984.
11. Kates RW, Kasperson JX. Comparative risk analysis of technological hazards (a review). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1983; 80(22):7027-7038.
12. Dow K, Cutter SL. (1998). Crying wolf: Repeat responses to hurricane evacuation orders. Coastal Management, 1998; 26:237-252.
13. Tobin GA, Montz BE. Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration. New York : Guilford Publishing, 1997.
14. Baker EJ. Predicting response to hurricane warnings: A reanalysis of data from four studies. Mass Emergencies, 1979; 4:9-24.
15. Brennan P. (1998). Bushfire threat: Response in a small community. Australian Emergency Management Institute; Macedon, Victoria, 1998. Available at: http://www.ema.gov.au/agd/emarwpattch.nst.viewattachmanePersonal/1ca28a1ca5629288CA256C85001e131c/$file/bushfire_threat_response_in_a_small_community.pdf, Accessed January 12, 2007.
16. Lindell MK, Lu J, Prater CS. Household decision making and evacuation in response to Hurricane Lilli. Natural Hazards Review, 2005; 6(4):171-179.
17. Peacock WG, Brody SD, Highfield W. Hurricane risk perceptions among Florida's single homeowners. Landscape and Planning, 2005; 73(2-3):120-135.
18. Slovic P. Perception of risk. Science, 1987; 236:280-290.
19. Slovic P, Fischhoff B, Lichtenstein S. Rating the risks. Environment, 1979; 21:14-20.
20. Slovic P, Fischhoff B, Lichtenstein S. Why study risk perception? Risk Analysis, 1982; 2:83-93.
21. Kasperson RE, Dow K. Hazard perception and geography. Pp. 193-222 in Garling T, Golledge RG (eds). Behavior and Environmental Psychological and Geographical Approaches. The Netherlands : Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.; 1991.
22. Waddell E. How the Egna cope with frost: Response to climatic perturbations in the central highlands of New Guinea. Human Ecology, 1975; 3:69-76.
23. Wisner B, Mbithi P. (1974). Drought in eastern Kenya: Nutritional status and farmer activity. Pp. 87-98 in White GF (ed). Natural Hazards: Global, National, and Local. New York : Oxford University Press; 1974.
24. Cross JA. Longitudinal changes in hurricane hazard perception. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 1990; 8(1):31-47.
25. Mitchell JK. (1984). Hazard perception studies: Convergent concerns and divergent approaches during the past decade. Pp. 33-59 in Saarinen TF, Seamon D, Sell JL (eds). Environmental Perceptions and Behavior: An Inventory and Prospect. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago, 1984.
26. Whyte AVT. From hazard perception to human ecology. Pp. 240-271 in Kates RW, Burton I (eds). Geography, Resources, and Environment: Themes from the Work of G.F. White. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1986.
27. Slovic P, Kunreuther H, White GF. Natural Hazards: Local, National, and Global. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
28. Lindell MK, Perry RW. Communicating Environmental Risk in Multiethnic Communities. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, Inc., 2004.
29. Zaalberg R, Midden C, Meijnders A, McCalley T. Prevention, adaptation, and threat denial: Flooding experiences in the Netherlands. Risk Analysis, 2009; 29(12):1759-1778.
30. Siegrist M, Gutscher H. Flooding risks: A comparison of lay people's perceptions and expert's assessments in Switzerland. Risk Analysis, 2006; 26(4):971-979.
31. Grothmann T, Reusswig F. People at risk of flooding: Why some residents take precautionary action while others do not. Natural Hazards, 2006; 38(1-2):101-120.
32. Terpstra, T, Lindell, MK, Gutteling, JM Does communicating (flood) risk affect (flood) risk perceptions? Results of a quasi-experimental study. Risk Analysis, 2009; 29(8):1141-1155.
33. Baumann, DD Simms, JH Flood insurance: Some determinants on adoption. Economic Geography, 1978; 54: 189-196.
34. Siegrist M, Gutscher H. Natural hazards and motivation for mitigation behavior: People cannot predict the affect evoked by a severe flood. Risk Analysis, 2008; 28(3):771-778.
35. Terpstra T. Emotions, trust, and perceived risk: Affective and cognitive routes to flood preparedness behavior. Risk Analysis, 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01616.x
36. Kellens W, Zallberg R, Neutens T, Vanneuville W, De Mawyer, P. An analysis of the public perception of flood risk on the Belgian Coast. Risk Analysis, 2011; 31(7):1055-1068.
37. Brody CJ. Difference by sex in support for nuclear power. Social Forces, 1984; 63(1):101-120.
38. Fothergill A. Gender, risk, and disaster. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 1996; 14:33-56.
39. Bateman J, Edwards B. Gender and evacuation: A closer flood at why women are more likely to evacuate for hurricanes. Natural Hazards Review, 2002; 3:107-117.
40. Horney JA, MacDonald PDM, Van Willigen M, Berke P, Kaufman J. Individual actual or perceived property flood risk: Did it predict evacuation from Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina. Risk Analysis, 2010; 30:501-511.
41. Lindell MK. Perceived characteristics of environmental hazard. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 1994; 12:303-326.
42. Lindell MK, Huang SN. Households' perceived personal risk and response in a multihazard environment. Risk Analysis, 2008; 28(2):539-556.
43. Cross JA. Residents concerns about the hurricane hazard within the Lower Florida Keys. Pp. 156-161 in Baker EJ (ed.). Hurricanes and Coastal Storms. Gainsville, FL : Florida Sea Grant College Report Number 33; 1980.
44. Rodgers GO. Dynamic risk perception in two communities: Risk events and changes in perceived risk. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1997; 40(1):59-79.
45. Rodgers GO. The dynamics of risk perception: How does perceived risk respond to risk events? Risk Analysis, 1997; 17(6):745-754.
46. Belz A. C. R. struggles to grasp losses. Cedar Rapids Gazette, June 14, 2008, F1A.
47. Ferran, L. Toxic runoff dangerous as anything. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5183234&page=1, Accessed on June 17, 2008.
48. Linn County Emergency Management Website. Available at: http://www.co.linn.ia.us, Accessed on June 18, 2008.
49. Dillman D. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
50. Prater CS, Wenger DE, Grandy K. Hurricane Bret post-storm assessment: A review of the utilization of hurricane evacuation studies and information dissemination. Texas A&M University Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, College Station, TX.
51. Lindell MK, Perry RW. Household adjustment to earthquake hazard. Environment and Planning, 2000; 32:590-630.
52. Lindell MK, Prater CS. Behavioral analysis: Texas hurricane evacuation study. College Station TX: Texas A&M University Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, College Station, TX.
53. Kates RW. Natural hazard in human ecological perspective: Hypotheses and models. Economic Geography, 1971; 47(3):438-451.
54. Maag, C. In eastern Iowa, the city that would never flood goes 12 feet under. New York Times. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/13flood.html, Accessed on June 13, 2008.
55. He X, Tiefenbacher J, Sampson E. Hurricane evacuation behavior in domestic and international college students: The influences of environmental familiarity, expressed hurricane evacuation and personal experience. Journal of Emergency Management, 2007; 5(6):61-69.