The 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes: Modelling human behaviour

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-113

  Prati, Gabriele ^a   Saccinto, Elisa ^b   Pietrantoni, Luca ^a   Pérez Testor, Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Earthquake; Emotional response; Perceived risk; Protective action

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84884910012     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0688-9     Document Type: Article

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