Tsunami response behaviour during and following two local-source earthquakes in Wellington, New Zealand

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-133

  Fraser, Stuart A ^a   Doyle, Emma E H ^a   Wright, Kim C ^b   Potter, Sally H ^b   McClure, John ^c   Johnston, David M ^a,b   Leonard, Graham S ^b   Coomer, Maureen A ^b   Becker, Julia S ^b   Johal, Sarb ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Cook strait; Evacuation; Natural warning; Social science; Time dilation; Wave arrival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959373432     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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