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Evacuation Decision Making and Behavioral Responses: Individual and Household
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Researchers have examined a wide range of factors that affect evacuation decisions after people hear hurricane forecasts and other information. This review of the literature focuses on three broad areas of research that ...
Lasting Effects of Hurricane Andrew on a Working-Class Community
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Ten years after Hurricane Andrew, researchers returned to a multiethnic working-class community of homeowners first studied one year after the storm to investigate long-term impact on the community and its residents. Using ...
Benefit-Cost Analysis of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Mitigation decreases the losses from natural hazards by reducing our vulnerability or by reducing the frequency and magnitude of causal factors. Reducing these losses brings many benefits, but every mitigation activity has ...