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- Title
- Community Response to Natural Hazard Warnings.
- File
- PB82111287.pdf
- Author(s)
- Leik, R. K.; Carter, T. M.; Clark, J. P.; Kendal, S. D.; Gifford, G. A.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management.; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.; National Weather Service, Washington, DC., April 1981, 79 p.
- Abstract
- A summary of the major findings and recommendations of a project concerned with dissemination and response to warnings of natural hazards is presented. The study focused on processes which govern (1) response of community emergency service agencies to warnings; (2) dissemination of warnings from community service agencies to other community organizations and the general public; and (3) response of members of the general public to warnings. Extensive studies were performed of organizations and households in a large number of communities throughout the United States. In addition, a laboratory experimental component tested some aspects of dissemination and response. If a community under study experienced a natural hazard event during the period of research, that community was restudied to provide both pre- and post-event comparative data. Details of the research design are provided.
- Keywords
- Emergency preparedness; Hurricanes; Attitudes; Disaster preparedness; Public opinion; Disasters; Floods; Hazards; Responses; Surveys; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes