An Assessment of Change in Risk Perception and Optimistic Bias for Hurricanes Among Gulf Coast Residents

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1013-1024

  Trumbo, Craig ^a   Meyer, Michelle A ^b   Marlatt, Holly ^a   Peek, Lori ^a   Morrissey, Bridget ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Sociology Colorado State University ^*

Author keywords

Demographics; Gulf Coast; Hurricanes; Optimistic bias; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; HURRICANES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DEMOGRAPHICS; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; GULF COAST; HURRICANE EVACUATION; HURRICANE SEASON; OPTIMISTIC BIAS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

DEMOGRAPHY; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VULNERABILITY;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

GULF OF MEXICO; HUMAN; HURRICANE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CYCLONIC STORMS; GULF OF MEXICO; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84903468857     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12149     Document Type: Article

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