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- Title
- Community Response to Earthquake Threat in Southern California. Part Nine: Change and Stability in the Public Response.
- File
- PB82116609.pdf
- Author(s)
- Turner, R. H.; Nigg, J. M.; Paz, D. H.; Young, B. S.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science.; Geological Survey, Reston, VA., January 1980, 290 p.
- Abstract
- This volume is part of a study investigating individual and community response to earthquake threat in southern California. The overall objective is to provide a basis for understanding community response to earthquake predictions released to the public. Time dimensions were considered crucial in evaluating public response. These were based on 'lead time'--the period between a prediction and event; the 'time window'--the period within which the predicted event is expected to occur; and the 'southern California Uplift announcement'--an open-ended 'time window.' After an initial survey, interviews were conducted throughout these time periods and provided a means for assessing responses to events as they developed. Patterns of change and stability were analyzed, based on a panel study. Assessments of changes in communication and in attitude toward the southern California Uplift are reported.
- Keywords
- ; California; Forecasting; Attitudes; Public opinion; Behavior; Disasters; Responses; Warning systems; Communities; Earthquakes