Trust and distrust of tsunami vertical evacuation buildings: Extending protection motivation theory to examine choices under social influence

• Main Authors: McCaughey, Jamie W., Mundir, Ibnu, Daly, Patrick, Mahdi, Saiful, Patt, Anthony
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Tsunami; Evacuation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86335; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43982
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tsunami vertical evacuation (TVE) buildings have the potential to save many lives. Yet whether TVE buildings actually save lives depends critically on whether people trust and evacuate to them, a question that has not previously been researched. We examine the case of the city of Banda Aceh, Indones...