Community response to earthquake threat in Southern California.

Action response in the public

Awareness and concern in the public

Change and stability in the public response

Ethnic and racial differentials

Final report

Grass roots organization and resistance

Objectives and utilization

Summary and recommendations

The media response

The organizational response

Vulnerability zones and earthquake subculture

Reprint

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. The report reviews some of the relevant literature from which leads and hypotheses are derived and describes steps taken to disseminate findings and conclusions to potential users. Topics include the background and scope of the study; earthquake prediction in China; mobilization of altruistic sentiments for earthquake endangered groups; implementation of seismic safety legislation; and mass media preparation for natural disasters. Also included are several papers presented at meetings and symposia on earthquake prediction.