Illusions of safety : culture and earthquake hazard response in California and Japan / Risa Palm and Jphn Carroll.
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TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998.Description: x, 119 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0813334527 (hc)
- Disaster relief -- California -- Planning -- Public opinion
- Disaster relief -- Japan -- Planning -- Public opinion
- Earthquake hazard analysis -- California
- Earthquake hazard analysis -- Japan
- Earthquakes -- Califiornia -- Safety measures -- Public opinion
- Earthquakes -- California -- Public opinion
- Earthquakes -- Japan -- Public opinion
- Earthquakes -- Japan -- Safety measures -- Public opinion
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-113 ) and index.
1. Earthquake hazards in Japan and the United States -- 2. Social and behavioural science and the study of human response to earthquake hazards -- 3. Description of the empirical study -- 4. General description of respondents -- 5. Attitudinal characteristics -- 6. Culture and risk perception -- 7. Adoption of mitigation measures -- 8. Beliefs about government aid and public policy measures -- 9. Implications of this research for public policy
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