Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents

This study analyzes data on households’ risk perception and protective behavior following a natural disaster triggered technological accident (Natech accident) that occurred at an industrial park in Sendai during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, on 11 March 2011. The results indicate tha...

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Main Authors: Yu, Junlei, Cruz, Ana Maria, Hokugo, Akihiko
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Published: 2018
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-888702020-03-07T12:10:39Z Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents Yu, Junlei Cruz, Ana Maria Hokugo, Akihiko School of Humanities and Social Sciences Evacuation Behavior Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology This study analyzes data on households’ risk perception and protective behavior following a natural disaster triggered technological accident (Natech accident) that occurred at an industrial park in Sendai during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, on 11 March 2011. The results indicate that some households carried out multiple evacuations and that households’ risk perceptions changed throughout the Natech accident evacuation process. Risk perception differed according to household location and demographic characteristics. We also found differences in the protective measures adopted for households in different locations. Specifically, those living closer to the Natech accident tended to evacuate immediately, whereas those living further away tended to shelter in place. Wind direction is discussed as a factor that influences households’ risk perception and evacuation response to a Natech accident. The findings of this study advance knowledge of household behavior in response to a Natech accident and can assist emergency managers in developing strategies for better management of evacuation processes. Published version 2018-09-12T09:18:52Z 2019-12-06T17:12:46Z 2018-09-12T09:18:52Z 2019-12-06T17:12:46Z 2017 Journal Article Yu, J., Cruz, A. M., & Hokugo, A. (2017). Households’ Risk Perception and Behavioral Responses to Natech Accidents. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 8(1), 1-15. doi:10.1007/s13753-017-0116-y 2095-0055 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88870 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45975 10.1007/s13753-017-0116-y en International Journal of Disaster Risk Science © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. 15 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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topic Evacuation Behavior
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
spellingShingle Evacuation Behavior
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
Yu, Junlei
Cruz, Ana Maria
Hokugo, Akihiko
Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
description This study analyzes data on households’ risk perception and protective behavior following a natural disaster triggered technological accident (Natech accident) that occurred at an industrial park in Sendai during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, on 11 March 2011. The results indicate that some households carried out multiple evacuations and that households’ risk perceptions changed throughout the Natech accident evacuation process. Risk perception differed according to household location and demographic characteristics. We also found differences in the protective measures adopted for households in different locations. Specifically, those living closer to the Natech accident tended to evacuate immediately, whereas those living further away tended to shelter in place. Wind direction is discussed as a factor that influences households’ risk perception and evacuation response to a Natech accident. The findings of this study advance knowledge of household behavior in response to a Natech accident and can assist emergency managers in developing strategies for better management of evacuation processes.
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Yu, Junlei
Cruz, Ana Maria
Hokugo, Akihiko
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author Yu, Junlei
Cruz, Ana Maria
Hokugo, Akihiko
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title Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
title_short Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
title_full Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
title_fullStr Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
title_full_unstemmed Households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
title_sort households’ risk perception and behavioral responses to natech accidents
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url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88870
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45975
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