The barriers impeding precautionary behaviours by undocumented immigrants in emergencies: The Hurricane Ike experience in Houston, Texas, USA

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-212

  Wilson, Sylvia N ^a   Tiefenbacher, John P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Evacuation; Hurricanes; Risk communication; Undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; HURRICANE IKE 2008; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANGUAGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDIA INDUSTRY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GALVESTON; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868634245     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2011.649711     Document Type: Article

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