Effect of authoritative information and message characteristics on evacuation and shadow evacuation in a simulated flood event

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 272-282

  Lamb, S ^a   Walton, D ^b,c   Mora, K ^d   Thomas, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Agency   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d OPUS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Authority; Evacuation orders; Flood evacuation; Flood simulation; Shadow evacuation

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION; AUTHORITY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EVACUATION ORDER; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD SIMULATION; GENERAL PUBLICS; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTIONS OF TRUST; SHADOW EVACUATION; SHELTER-IN-PLACE; TRAFFIC BLOCKING;

CIVIL DEFENSE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SAFETY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84869174096     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000070     Document Type: Article

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