A model of household preparedness for earthquakes: How individuals make meaning of earthquake information and how this influences preparedness

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-137

  Becker, Julia S ^a,b   Paton, Douglas ^c   Johnston, David M ^a,b   Ronan, Kevin R ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment adoption; Earthquake information; Earthquakes; New Zealand; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EDUCATION; MODELING; URBAN AREA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84866030449     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0238-x     Document Type: Article

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