scholarly journals How Social Ties Influence Hurricane Evacuation Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (CSCW) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danaë Metaxa-Kakavouli ◽  
Paige Maas ◽  
Daniel P. Aldrich
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Goldberg ◽  
Jennifer R. Marlon ◽  
Seth A. Rosenthal ◽  
Anthony Leiserowitz

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueqin Elaine He, MS ◽  
John P. Tiefenbacher, PhD ◽  
Eric L. Samson, MSIS

This study examines the cultural variation of risk perception and attitudes toward emergency evacuation. Although evacuation behavior is a direct consequence of perceived risk, few attempts have been made to consider the cross-cultural differences of evacuation behavior. This article compares domestic American and international university students’ familiarity with their residential environments, their expressions of intent to evacuate in advance of hurricanes of varying strength, and their personal experiences with hurricanes and evacuations by examining related variables. Logistic regression was used to analyze the 2007 survey data. Results indicate that international students are more familiar with their residential risk conditions than domestic students. Environmental familiarity correlates positively with students’ certainty of future evacuations. The expressed likelihood of evacuation under voluntary order also correlates positively with international and domestic students’ certainty of future hurricane evacuation. Past disaster and evacuation experiences contribute to international students’ certainty about future responses, but do not affect those of domestic students. Experiences with false alarms determine domestic students’ certainty more than international students’ future behaviors. Evacuation experiences associated with Hurricane Rita, 2005, increased all students’ certainty of future hurricane evacuation.


2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Whitehead ◽  
Bob Edwards ◽  
Marieke Van Willigen ◽  
John R. Maiolo ◽  
Kenneth Wilson ◽  
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Author(s):  
Theda Radtke ◽  
Roger Keller ◽  
Andrea Bütikofer ◽  
Rainer Hornung

Aim: The purpose of the study is to present adolescents’ perceptions of smokers and non-smokers among 1015 Swiss adolescents. Method: The analyses are based on data from Tobacco Monitoring Switzerland, which is a survey of tobacco consumption in Switzerland. To measure the perceptions of smokers and non-smokers, respondents were asked to attribute a series of adjectives to each group. It was also recorded when respondents mentioned that “there is no difference between smokers and non-smokers.” Results: Results show that regardless of whether the adolescents smoked or did not smoke – with the exception of more sociable – the image of smokers was more negative than the image of non-smokers. Findings also indicated that regular smokers in particular often stated that there are no differences between both groups. Conclusions: Overall, the image of smokers is more negative than the image of non-smokers, with the exception of the attribute more sociable. This perception of smokers could be important for prevention measures in new contexts (e. g., school transitions), where smoking could be a means of establishing new social ties.


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