Human behaviour during and immediately following earthquake shaking: developing a methodological approach for analysing video footage

Natural Hazards

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 249-283

  Lambie, Emily ^a   Wilson, Thomas M ^b   Johnston, David M ^a   Jensen, Steven ^c   Brogt, Erik ^b   Doyle, Emma E H ^a   Lindell, Michael K ^d   Helton, William S ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Casualties; Earthquake; Observational data

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; ETHICS; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INJURY; PLANNING METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84952298806     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1967-4     Document Type: Article

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