Credibility of disaster research.

By:

Murray, Ian G

Contributor(s):

Chisholm Institute of Technology. Committee for Information and Research on Disasters and Natural Hazards

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 01/07/86Description: 18p; 30 refsISBN:

0909176957

Report number: CIRDNH-OCCASIONAL-R-1Subject: Disaster research in Australia has concentrated on the physical sciences and technologies instead of equally focussing on social, psychological, economic and political factors. These latter factors strongly influence the credibility and implementation of disaster research findings generally. Disaster mythology (such as the prevalence of looting and panic) is just as widespread among students in various disciplines surveyed at Chisholm Institute of Technology as among residents of Epping, NSW and Delaware, USA, who were surveyed in previous studies. Despite their vastly greater experience and training, police students at Chisholm believed in disaster mythology almost as much as other students. There is a need for research on how to get research results believed and incorporated in disaster management .550.

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Includes 5 tables; an earlier version of this report was presented at the 1985 ANZAAS conference

Disaster research in Australia has concentrated on the physical sciences and technologies instead of equally focussing on social, psychological, economic and political factors. These latter factors strongly influence the credibility and implementation of disaster research findings generally. Disaster mythology (such as the prevalence of looting and panic) is just as widespread among students in various disciplines surveyed at Chisholm Institute of Technology as among residents of Epping, NSW and Delaware, USA, who were surveyed in previous studies. Despite their vastly greater experience and training, police students at Chisholm believed in disaster mythology almost as much as other students. There is a need for research on how to get research results believed and incorporated in disaster management .550.

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