Social Capital Enhanced Disaster Preparedness and Health Consultations after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Power Station Accident

Hasegawa, Makoto; Murakami, Michio; Takebayashi, Yoshitake; Suzuki, Satoshi; Ohto, Hitoshi

doi:10.3390/ijerph15030516

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“…On 11 March, 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred in Japan, which triggered a tsunami and a subsequent nuclear accident, resulting in huge casualties and property damage. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in Japanese history [45,46]. Due to the unpredictable impact of the nuclear leak caused by the earthquake, potential tourists believe that they have to take a huge risk of suffering from nuclear radiation if they travel to Japan.…”

Section: Natural Disasters and Earthquakesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Safety or Travel: Which Is More Important? The Impact of Disaster Events on Tourism

Chiu

Tian

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Tourism is making an increasingly considerable contribution to the sustainable development of world economy, but its development is susceptible to a series of disaster events. The impact of disaster events on tourists’ travel decisions is receiving ever-growing attention. In this study, disasters are classified into two categories: namely, natural disasters and man-made disasters. Among these disasters, earthquakes and terrorist attacks—as the most representative two types—are taken as research examples. By virtue of a difference-in-difference research method and online review data from TripAdvisor, multiple incidents that have occurred in different countries are systematically and comparatively analyzed for verifying the effects of catastrophic events with varying natures, frequencies, and intensities on tourism. The main findings are as follows: (1) both natural disasters and man-made disasters have a negative effect on the number of tourists and the tourist experience; (2) higher frequency and intensity of terrorist attacks may not correspond to tourism, and terrorist attacks exert a more influential impact on the safety image of tourist destinations; (3) compared with the scale and intensity of earthquakes, the frequency of earthquakes has a greater effect on tourism; (4) compared with terrorist attacks, earthquakes have a greater effect on the number of tourists.

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Section: Natural Disasters and Earthquakesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Safety or Travel: Which Is More Important? The Impact of Disaster Events on Tourism

Chiu

Tian

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…Bihari and Ryan (2012) find that in the context of wildfire preparedness, stronger social networks improved residents' awareness of risk, as well as their preparation for a potential fire. Recent findings suggest this effect manifests over time, showing that individuals with place-based bonds to others within their localities were more likely to prepare for disasters, while those who did not maintain bonds with other locals reported less preparedness (Hasegawa, Murakami, Takebayashi, Suzuki, & Ohto, 2018). Perceptions of social capital and expected support in the event of an emergency may be even more pertinent to disaster preparedness than the tangible resources that are actually received.…”

Section: Social Capital and Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Geographic and Social Predictors of Flood Risk Awareness

2019

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The persistent gap in flood risk awareness in Canada, and elsewhere in North America, is a continual source of worry for researchers and emergency managers; many people living in at‐risk places are simply unaware of risks and of their proximity to hazards. This study seeks to understand which residents were aware of flood risk, using unique representative survey data of Calgary residents living in the city's flood‐prone neighborhoods collected after the devastating and costly 2013 Southern Alberta Flood. The article uses logistic regression models to analyze which residents were aware of risk to their homes. Findings indicate that, in addition to various demographic predictors, many of the geographic predictors (including the elevation of one's home relative to the river) are significant predictors of awareness. Having a direct sight line to one of Calgary's two rivers is also a significant predictor in some of the models, suggesting that the visibility of hazards matters for flood risk perception, although this effect fades when many of the geographic predictors are added. Finally, the models indicate that several variables related to local, neighborhood‐based social networks are significant as well. These findings reveal that both physical surroundings and social context are important for understanding risk awareness. The article concludes by discussing the relevance for social science research on disasters and hazards, as well as for planners and emergency managers.

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“…Catastrophe insurance is often considered to be an important part of residents’ preparedness for disaster prevention and for the construction of the government’s resilient disaster prevention and mitigation system [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. As a type of catastrophe insurance, earthquake disaster insurance has attracted much attention.…”

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Rural Households’ Livelihood Capital, Risk Perception, and Willingness to Purchase Earthquake Disaster Insurance: Evidence from Southwestern China

Liu²,

Wang

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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Earthquake disaster insurance can effectively reduce the impact of earthquake disasters on rural households. Exploring rural households’ willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance in earthquake disaster areas provides an understanding of the motivations underlying the implementation of an insurance policy. However, few studies have examined the perspectives of rural households, in order to explore the correlations between the rural households’ livelihood capital, their disaster risk perception, and their willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance. A cross-sectional survey data including 241 rural households from the most severe disaster counties (cities) during the 5 • 12 Wenchuan earthquake was examined with regard to rural households’ livelihood and disaster risk perception, and ordinal logistic regression models were constructed to explore rural households’ willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance, as well as the driving mechanism behind this willingness. The results showed that 34.44% of rural households were very willing to purchase earthquake disaster insurance, and 7.05% of rural households were very reluctant to purchase earthquake insurance. Rural households’ livelihood capital and risk perceptions were the most important factors affecting their willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance. Rural households with higher scores on natural capital, physical capital, possibility, and worry were more likely to purchase earthquake disaster insurance. Specifically, keeping all other variables constant, every one unit increase in nature capital and physical capital corresponded to an increase in the odds of willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance by a factor of 0.14 and 0.06, respectively; every one unit increase in possibility and worry corresponded to an increase in the odds of willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance by a factor of 0.03 and 0.04, respectively. This study contributes to the current literature by increasing the understanding of the relationships between Chinese rural households’ livelihood capital and risk perceptions, and their willingness to purchase earthquake disaster insurance.

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Social Capital Enhanced Disaster Preparedness and Health Consultations after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Power Station Accident

Cited by 20 publications

References 18 publications

Safety or Travel: Which Is More Important? The Impact of Disaster Events on Tourism

Safety or Travel: Which Is More Important? The Impact of Disaster Events on Tourism

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Geographic and Social Predictors of Flood Risk Awareness

Rural Households’ Livelihood Capital, Risk Perception, and Willingness to Purchase Earthquake Disaster Insurance: Evidence from Southwestern China

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