Immediate behavioural responses to earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan

Disasters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-111

  Lindell, Michael K ^a,b   Prater, Carla S ^b   Wu, Hao Che ^b   Huang, Shih Kai ^d   Johnston, David M ^c   Becker, Julia S ^c   Shiroshita, Hideyuki ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Earthquakes; Emotional response; Protective action; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK PERCEPTION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; HITACHI; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CITY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CITIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84955202775     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12133     Document Type: Article

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