Abstract: The computation of evacuation time estimates (ETEs) for communities threatened by hurricanes requires analysts to develop sophisticated models of evacuation flows and significant progress has been made in this area over ...

Abstract: The formulation, adoption, and implementation of mitigation measures is an intensely political process that hazards professionals need to understand if they are to be effective in reducing community hazard vulnerability. ...

Abstract: Research on the community impacts of natural disasters has yielded a wide variety of findings, but no coherent model of the process by which hazard agent characteristics produce physical and social impacts. This article ...

Abstract: This study sought to identify the research that is needed to improve tsunami emergency preparedness in the Pacific Northwest. A search of the archival literature yielded very few journal articles and technical reports on ...

Abstract: This paper reviews research and theory on the processes by which emergency relevant organizations communicate with each other and with the population at risk from hurricanes. The technology for hurricane forecast, warning, ...

Abstract: This study collected data on the evacuation from Hurricane Lili to answer questions about households’ reliance on information sources, the factors affecting their decisions to evacuate, the timing of their hurricane ...

Abstract: This study evaluated the accuracy with which those at risk from Hurricane Bret were able to identify their hurricane risk areas. Overall, one-third of the respondents incorrectly reported their risk area and slightly more ...

Abstract: The U.S. Pacific coastal states are at risk from both locally and distantly generated tsunamis. This vulnerability can be reduced by effective hazard management plans, but no studies have been conducted to determine how ...

Abstract: It is crucial to understand how postdisaster shelter choices affect disaster survivors’ stress. However, no study has investigated the association of different types of temporary shelters on psychological stress symptoms ...