Evacuation decision making in natural disasters.

By:

Bretherton, L. N

Contributor(s):

State Emergency Service (Victoria); PSO (Operations)

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1983Description: 12p., 2 figs., illSubject: This article reviews authentic studies of warning response, particularly focusing upon pre-impact evacuation of threatened populations, and summarise the available findings. The summary may be seen as a conceptual framework of inter-related suppositions, describing the relationships among variables which past research suggests are important in individuals decisions to evacuate. The article should not be seen as an attempt to develop a formal theory. Instead it represents an effort to place in order existing findings into a general conceptual framework

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This article reviews authentic studies of warning response, particularly focusing upon pre-impact evacuation of threatened populations, and summarise the available findings. The summary may be seen as a conceptual framework of inter-related suppositions, describing the relationships among variables which past research suggests are important in individuals decisions to evacuate. The article should not be seen as an attempt to develop a formal theory. Instead it represents an effort to place in order existing findings into a general conceptual framework

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