Although there are several books published on trauma and adjustment to trauma, there are
no books to date that focus on schools and other related community-based networks as …

Does place attachment and the consequent emotional connections and ties that people
have with environments affect their preparedness for natural disasters, such as floods? This …

We propose a shift in emphasis when communicating to people when the objective is to
motivate household disaster preparedness actions. This shift is to emphasize the …

This paper reports on an examination of data on how local residents in Tuscaloosa, a mid‐
sized city in the state of Alabama, United States, responded to Hurricane Ivan of September …

Prior research has found little or no direct link between beliefs about earthquake risk and
household preparedness. Furthermore, only limited work has been conducted on how …

Earthquake early warning (EEW) can be used to detect earthquakes and provide advanced
notification of strong shaking, allowing pre-emptive actions to be taken that not only benefit …

Residents of a high seismic hazard uvea were compared with those in a moderate seismic
hazard area in terms of demographic characteristics, personal hazard experience, risk …

Method: This was a cross-sectional study of factors determining of DPB in a representative
sample of 1233 Tehran inhabitants. Measures derived from the TPB were obtained in the …

Few studies of small businesses have addressed demise in post-disaster environments, and
the factors that lead to business demise after natural disasters are not well understood. This …

Panel data collected in 1991 as part of the University of Southern California Longitudinal
Study of Generations (LSOG) were used to predict reported preparation activities prior to …