The role of individual well-being in risk perception and evacuation for chronic vs. acute natural hazards in Mexico

Tobin, Graham A.; Whiteford, Linda M.; Jones, Eric C.; Murphy, Arthur D.; Garren, Sandra J.; Padros, Cecilia Vindrola

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.12.008

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“…It has been claimed that African American is a socially vulnerable group to natural hazards [51]. Therefore, that African Americans are more likely to relocate due to sea level rise is intuitively understandable because people with fewer resources and adaptive capacities are more willing to respond to natural threats [52].…”

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Should We Leave? Attitudes towards Relocation in Response to Sea Level Rise

Song

Peng

2017

Water

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Abstract:The participation of individuals contributes significantly to the success of sea level rise adaptation. This study therefore addresses what influences people's likelihood of relocating away from low-lying areas in response to rising sea levels. The analysis was based on a survey conducted in the City of Panama Beach in Florida (USA). Survey items relate to people's risk perception, hazard experience, threat appraisal, and coping appraisal, whose theoretical background is Protection Motivation Theory. Descriptive and correlation analysis was first performed to highlight critical factors which were then examined by a multinomial Logit model. Results show that sea level rise awareness is the major explanatory variable. Coping appraisal is qualitatively viewed as a strong predictor for action, while threat appraisal is statistically significant in driving relocation intention. These factors should be integrated in current risk communication regarding sea level rise.

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Should We Leave? Attitudes towards Relocation in Response to Sea Level Rise

Song

Peng

2017

Water

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“…Clarifying household evacuation and relocation behaviors and the reasons behind them can provide a reference for the formulation of disaster preparedness and mitigation policies, so as to reduce loss of life and property. Most previous studies, however, have centered on developed countries (such as the United States and Canada) (Tobin et al 2011;Durage et al 2014;Lazo et al 2015) and are primarily concerned with urban household response to hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters (Lim et al 2016), while few studies examine developing countries and the response of rural households in poor areas to geological disasters. Although compared to other natural disasters the impact of landslides does not appear to be particularly high, it is evident that the number of disasters associated with landslides is increasing worldwide (Alcántara-Ayala 2009; Hernández-Moreno and Alcántara-Ayala 2016).…”

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“…Therefore, exploring the significant factors that affect the relocation behavior of households has become a key research focus in academic circles. However, the existing research focuses primarily on the influence of individual characteristics (gender, age, education, and so on) (Whitehead et al 2000;Tobin et al 2011;Huang et al 2012;Durage et al 2014;Lazo et al 2015;Lim et al 2016), household characteristics (household size, income, house ownership, and so on) (Baker 1991;Bateman and Edwards 2002;Dash and Gladwin 2007;Durage et al 2014;Wallace et al 2014), risk perception (Perry 1979;Houts et al 1984;Riad et al 1999;Stein et al 2010;Lazo et al 2015), source of warnings (Wilmot and Mei 2004;Widener et al 2013;Lazo et al 2015;Lim et al 2016), social support (Perry et al 1981;Riad et al 1999;Adeola 2008), previous experience of hazards (Lindell et al 2005;Burnside et al 2007;Adeola 2008;Lazo et al 2015), and access to resources (Riad et al 1999;Lim et al 2016) on the relocation/evacuation behavior. All of these factors can only partly explain residents' relocation behaviors, but do not explain well one factor that has played a role in recent extreme events in China: although knowing there is a continuing threat in residential areas after a disaster, some households still choose in situ reconstruction and are reluctant to relocate (Long and Zou 2010).…”

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Influences of Sense of Place on Farming Households’ Relocation Willingness in Areas Threatened by Geological Disasters: Evidence from China

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Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Scholars from environmental psychology, geography, disaster science, and sociology have recently focused attention on evacuation and relocation behaviors and influencing factors in hazard-threatened areas. However, existing studies are mainly focused on developed countries and the influence of individual characteristics, household characteristics, and the perception of risk of urban households on evacuation and relocation behaviors. Few studies examine developing countries and the influence of farmers' sense of place in geological hazardthreatened areas. Using statistics of farming households in an area threatened by landslides, this is a pilot study to explore the relationship of sense of place to the relocation willingness of farming households while controlling for other variables. The results show that: (1) Households with higher scores of place identity and place dependence are less willing to relocate, whereas place attachment has no significant relationship to household relocation willingness; (2) Risk perception dimensions, including probability, threat, and controllability have a significant relationship to household relocation willingness, while worry and fear of the unknown have no significant relationship; (3) Household characteristics, including income, whether a household has experienced economic loss from landslides, and social support are significantly correlated with household relocation willingness, while gender, age, experience, distance to hazard sites, size of household, children, older people, and housing material are not. The results for information and education are not robust. This study contributes to the current literature by improving the understanding of the relationship of sense of place to the relocation willingness of farming households in villages threatened by geological disasters in rural China.

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“…Such a view has clear policy implications, resulting in risk mitigation plans that are predominately developed and implemented in isolation from other risks to communities. This has led to the over-riding interest in the ways in which people living in communities 'at risk' from volcanic hazards perceive the 'threat' (Johnston et al 2005van Manen 2014Tobin et al 2011; Van der Pligt 1996;Wachinger et al 2013).…”

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Fearing the knock on the door: critical security studies insights into limited cooperation with disaster management regimes

2015

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In seeking to provide for the safety of local communities in the global south, there has been an apparent policy focus on making early warning systems more robust, and improving the operation of disaster management programmes. However, the critical security studies literature has highlighted the ways in which security practices, including those nominally implemented on behalf of local communities can have negative impacts on peoples. Human security literature, in particular, highlights the ways in which the state security apparatus, which is often relied upon to notify and enforce evacuations, may often be perceived as a serious risk to communities. At the same time individuals live within complex security situations where daily threats to peoples' lives may outweigh geological hazards. Grounded within critical literature on the social construction of risk (Lupton; Beck, Douglas), the ways in which volcanic risk is calculated, communicated, and enacted upon, will be assessed in relation to the local communities' security dilemmas. Drawing on field work in communities at risk from lahars generated from Cotopaxi in Sangolqui, Ecuador, explores the ways in which competing claims of what constitutes security challenge the operating assumptions in emergency preparedness. In June 2012, 158 primary interviews were undertaken as a part of the EU funded VUELCO project in Ecuador. The findings were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methodologies, drawing most heavily on interpretive methodologies to argue that the scientific representation of volcanic hazards, and the resultant disaster management strategies, do not account for local context. Indeed, the majority of interviewees indicated a lack of trust in either scientific expertise or government representatives, on questions of security. By incorporating a broader narrative of security beyond a narrow focus on natural hazards, disaster preparedness and communication plans can be more effective.

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The role of individual well-being in risk perception and evacuation for chronic vs. acute natural hazards in Mexico

Cited by 58 publications

References 25 publications

Should We Leave? Attitudes towards Relocation in Response to Sea Level Rise

Should We Leave? Attitudes towards Relocation in Response to Sea Level Rise

Influences of Sense of Place on Farming Households’ Relocation Willingness in Areas Threatened by Geological Disasters: Evidence from China

Fearing the knock on the door: critical security studies insights into limited cooperation with disaster management regimes

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