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Managing tsunami risk in coastal communities: Identifying predictors of preparedness

2008; Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

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Douglas Paton, B. F. Houghton, Chris E. Gregg, Duane A. Gill, Liesel A. Ritchie, David W. McIvor, Penny Larin, Steven Meinhold, Jennifer Horan, David Johnston,

Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

This paper discusses the testing of a model predicting tsunami preparedness. Using data collected from a community identified as facing a high risk from locally-generated tsunami, the model illustrates how people's beliefs about the efficacy of mitigation interact with social context factors (community participation, collective efficacy, empowerment, trust) to influence levels of tsunami preparedness. The implications of the findings for tsunami hazard education programs are discussed.