Impacts of disasters: comparisons of several worries in Turkey

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to define respondents' levels of worries and to find out the main predictors of each worry factor by comparing the results of earthquake (2001) and bird flu (2006) studies carried out in Turkey. Assuming that the critical power‐conflict perspective was appropriate; several types of worries, namely, traffic accidents, natural disasters, unemployment, health and sickness, nuclear plants, war and terrorism, and environmental problems defined by Kamano have been analysed using parametric and non‐parametric statistical significance tests. The results revealed that earthquake hazards affected respondents' level of worries more than bird flu disease mainly because of the enormous economic and human losses of the 1999 earthquake. It was also found that the main predictors were not the same for both studies: the education variable was more effective on the level of worries of earthquake survivors, and gender was more influential for the bird flu study. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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