Risa Palm

Illusions of Safety (eBook, ePUB)

Culture and Earthquake Hazard Response in California and Japan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Illusions of Safetysurveys the cultural influences on responses to earthquake risk in both the United States and Japan. It compares and analyzes the attitudes of Japanese and Californian respondents for their shaping of individual responses to earthquakes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429721281
• Artikelnr.: 57213571

Inhaltsangabe

1. Earthquake Hazards in Japan and the United States 2. Social and
Behavioral Science and the Study of Human Response to Earthquake Hazards 3.
Description of the Empirical Study 4. General Description of Respondents 5.
Attitudinal Characteristics 6. Culture and Risk Perception 7. Adoption of
Mitigation Measures 8. Beliefs about Government Aid and Public Policy
Measures 9. Implications of this Research for Public Policy