Evacuation from Natural Disasters

A Systematic Review of the Literature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23359183
AutoresRebecca R Thompson (0000-0003-0146-1194, Department of Psychology & Social Behavior University of California Irvine CA USA), Dana Rose Garfin (0000-0002-0435-9307, Department of Psychology & Social Behavior University of California Irvine CA USA), Roxane Cohen Silver (0000-0002-4013-6792, Department of Psychology & Social Behavior University of California Irvine CA USA)
Año2017
Volumen37
Número4
Páginas812-839
Fecha de publicación2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRisk Analysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4332 • E-ISSN: 1539-6924
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/risa.12654
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas90
Referencias citadas85

Research on evacuation from natural disasters has been published across the peer‐reviewed literature among several disparate disciplinary outlets and has suggested a wide variety of predictors of evacuation behavior. We conducted a systematic review to summarize and evaluate the current literature on demographic, storm‐related, and psychosocial correlates of natural disaster evacuation behavior. Eighty‐three eligible papers utilizing 83 independent samples were identified. Risk perception was a consistent positive predictor of evacuation, as were several demographic indicators, prior evacuation behavior, and having an evacuation plan. The influence of prior experiences, self‐efficacy, personality, and links between expected and actual behavior were examined less frequently. Prospective, longitudinal designs are relatively uncommon. Although difficult to conduct in postdisaster settings, more prospective, methodologically rigorous studies would bolster inferences. Results synthesize the current body of literature on evacuation behavior and can help inform the design of more effective predisaster evacuation warnings and procedures.