Julia Becker
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3700396 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Julia Becker |
| NOMBRES | Julia |
| APELLIDO | Becker |
| FIRMA | BECKER J |
| AFILIACIONES | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9989-4232 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 53 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 53 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Stay-or-relocate model (STORM)
Households are central to societal functionality and may be impacted directly or indirectly by natural hazard events, resulting in the displacement of residents. Emergency management practitioners and policy decision-makers require adaptable decision support tools capable of accounting for fine-scale variations in hazard exposure, vulnerability and demographics across the emergency response and recovery periods. Responding to this critical need, …
How does multi‐hazard communication influence risk perception, attitudes, and behaviour
Our understanding of the effects of multi‐hazard contexts on risk perception and behaviour is limited. In a novel approach, we utilise an experimental survey where groups of participants are asked to consider a different combination of the same two hazards: an earthquake and a tsunami. We discovered that asking people about one hazard has significant and meaningful effects on their judgements of the second hazard. In particular, participants perc…
Annäherungen an den digitalen Zwilling: Zur Emergenz der Datenkörper
‘One big team working together’ - Shifting narratives to encourage civic participation and collective action in disaster preparedness
Disaster risks cannot be reduced by individual efforts alone and necessitate community participation and collective action. However, communicating and encouraging collective action is difficult. Existing studies show that stories and narratives are useful to convey complex less-understood phenomena, like disasters, in a comprehendible and relatable manner. As such, this paper explores existing disaster narratives and aims to understand how they e…
Meet the people where they are
Communicating natural hazards science advice
How individuals perceive scientific processes impacts their interpretation of, trust in, and use of, science advice particularly when managing uncertain natural hazard risk. We explored a) how diverse stakeholders understand how science of natural hazards is produced, and b) how this relates to their ontological, epistemological, and philosophical views of science. Using inductive analysis of semi-structured interviews with 31 participants involv…
Exploring communication practices that promote community participation and collective action for reducing disaster risks in New Zealand
Emergency management agencies in New Zealand are increasingly engaging with communities to promote civic participation and collective action for reducing disaster risks. Utilising a mixed-methods approach, this paper explores the communication practices that support these efforts. The qualitative findings reveal that emergency management agencies, different government organisations, community-based groups, and local people play a key role in the …
Differences in perceived sources of uncertainty in natural hazards science advice
Introduction We conducted mental model interviews in Aotearoa NZ to understand perspectives of uncertainty associated with natural hazards science. Such science contains many layers of interacting uncertainties, and varied understandings about what these are and where they come from creates communication challenges, impacting the trust in, and use of, science. To improve effective communication, it is thus crucial to understand the many diverse p…
A decade of shaking in the Garden City
Introduction This study explored earthquake preparedness over time—before, during, and 10 years after the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) in New Zealand (NZ; known as Aotearoa in te ao Māori). Method Surveys of Canterbury residents were conducted in 2009, 2013, and 2021, using variables derived from Community Engagement Theory (CET). The surveys measured earthquake perceptions and beliefs, participation and engagement, and preparedness actio…
Fostering civic participation and collective actions for disaster risk reduction
This paper explores how community members collaborate with emergency management organizations in the pre-disaster stage and engage in collective actions for reducing disaster risks in their communities. Utilizing four qualitative case studies from New Zealand, we examined how local groups interested in reducing community level disaster risks form, the nature of their collective actions and collaboration with emergency management organizations, th…
Long-term communication of aftershock forecasts
On 14 February 2016, a magnitude (M)5.7 earthquake struck in Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The shaking caused damage to historic facades, power outages, cliff collapses, rock falls, liquefaction but no reported injuries or fatalities. This Valentine’s Day earthquake was an aftershock in the Canterbury earthquake sequence (CES), which began on 4 September 2010 with the M7.1 Darfield Earthquake and included the destructive and fatal M6.2 Chr…
Stephan Pongratz, Gottes Werk und Bosos Beitrag. Die Bewältigung des Alexandrinischen Schismas (1159–1177) in den Papstviten des Kardinals Boso. (Papsttum im mittelalterlich Europa, Bd. 11.) Köln, Böh…
Knowledge, perceptions, and behavioral responses to earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand
Introduction Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) experiences frequent earthquakes, with a history of damaging and fatal events, but currently does not have a national, official earthquake early warning (EEW) system. Since April of 2021, Google's Android Earthquake Alert System has operated independently in NZ. While recent work has identified general public support for such a system, it is important to assess public knowledge of EEW as well as typical resp…
Where does scientific uncertainty come from, and from whom? Mapping perspectives of natural hazards science advice
The science associated with assessing natural hazard phenomena and the risk they pose contains many layers of complex and interacting elements, resulting in diverse sources of uncertainty. This creates a challenge for effective communication, which must consider how people perceive that uncertainty. Thus, we conducted twenty-five mental model interviews in Aotearoa New Zealand with participants ranging from scientists to policy writers and emerge…
The public's perception of an earthquake early warning system
Homeowners’ Perceptions of Seismic Building Performance and Implications for Preparedness in New Zealand
Over the last decade, engineering studies have mentioned the need for meeting societal demands of damage expectations and housing performance for major earthquakes. However, they do not refer to any systematic analysis examining such societal demands, nor have they investigated interactions of this with voluntary seismic strengthening. A questionnaire distributed to homeowners of wooden-framed houses in the Wellington region of New Zealand invest…
Predictions of Damage to Timber-Framed Houses. II
This paper is the second of two companion papers that seeks to compare homeowners’ expectations of damage and engineering predictions of damage to timber-framed houses before and after undertaking seismic structural strengthening. Part I analyzed the seismic vulnerability of wooden-framed houses located on slopes in Wellington, New Zealand, investigating factors of plan shape relative to the slope, slope variations, and wall distribution, and how…
Understanding the social aspects of earthquake early warning
Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems aim to warn end-users of incoming ground shaking from earthquakes that have ruptured further afield, potentially reducing risks to lives and properties. EEW is a socio-technical system involving technical and social processes. This paper contributes to advancing EEW research by conducting a literature review investigating the social science knowledge gap in EEW systems. The review of 70 manuscripts found tha…
The Effects of Earthquake Experience on Intentions to Respond to Earthquake Early Warnings
Warning systems are essential for providing people with information so they can take protective action in response to perils. Systems need to be human-centered, which requires an understanding of the context within which humans operate. Therefore, our research sought to understand the human context for Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) in Aotearoa New Zealand, a location where no comprehensive EEW system existed in 2019 when we did this study. We un…
The lived experience of hotel isolation and quarantine at the Aotearoa New Zealand border for Covid-19
Sizing up disaster risk reduction
Great expectations for earthquake early warnings on the United States West Coast
In October 2019, California became the first state in the United States to fully activate a public earthquake early warning system—ShakeAlert®—managed by the U.S. Geological Survey. The system was subsequently rolled out in March 2021 in Oregon and May 2021 in Washington. Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems can provide seconds of notice to people and technological systems that shaking is imminent, but their effectiveness depends on recipients’…
A qualitative study of emergency management considerations for big-bodied people in Aotearoa New Zealand
Infrastructure planning emergency levels of service for the Wellington region, Aotearoa New Zealand – A preliminary framework
Elements of a potential emergency response to a major hazard event can be identified early in the response planning process. Having goals for emergency provision of services, particularly infrastructure, would provide clear planning goals and actions for emergency responders. Agreed goals would also help residents more fully understand the likely nature of the service provisions following a major hazard event, allowing them to plan for events and…
Seismic experience and structural preparedness of residential houses in Aotearoa New Zealand
A hero for the outgroup, a black sheep for the ingroup
EIA scoping in England and Wales
Immediate behavioural responses to earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan
This study examines people's immediate responses to earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan. Data collected from 257 respondents in Christchurch and 332 respondents in Hitachi revealed notable similarities between the two cities in people's emotional reactions, risk perceptions, and immediate protective actions during the events. Respondents' physical, household, and social contexts were quite similar, but Hitachi residents r…
Culture and disaster risk reduction
The value of physical science in mitigating the effects of environmental hazards is well acknowledged. Less acknowledged are the cultural influences affecting adoption of disaster risk reduction strategies, that is what influence 'culture' has upon hazard and risk. This paper explores the need to consider 'culture' within disaster risk reduction and cross disciplinary boundaries through four key questions: (a) How relevant is 'culture' to disaste…
Allies Against Sexism
Fuzzy Sets and Simulated Environmental Change
The concept of the significance of effects is a critical yet poorly understood component of environmental impact assessment (EIA). In this paper we explore the potential of fuzzy-set theory and simulations of environmental change for delineating evaluations of impact significance made by a range of stakeholders. The theoretical basis of fuzzy sets is explained and the approach is applied to the noise and visual effects associated with a 'live' wi…
Exploring communication practices that promote community participation and collective action for reducing disaster risks in New Zealand
Emergency management agencies in New Zealand are increasingly engaging with communities to promote civic participation and collective action for reducing disaster risks. Utilising a mixed-methods approach, this paper explores the communication practices that support these efforts. The qualitative findings reveal that emergency management agencies, different government organisations, community-based groups, and local people play a key role in the …
EIA scoping in England and Wales
Developing warning and disaster response capacity in the tourism sector in coastal Washington, USA
Purpose There has been a considerable effort over the last decade to increase awareness of the tsunami risk in coastal Washington, USA. However, contemporary research on warning systems spawned by the recent Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy highlights the need for development of an effective tsunami warning system for both residents and transient populations, including visitors and tourists. This study sets out evaluate staff training for emergencies…
Fuzzy Sets and Simulated Environmental Change
The concept of the significance of effects is a critical yet poorly understood component of environmental impact assessment (EIA). In this paper we explore the potential of fuzzy-set theory and simulations of environmental change for delineating evaluations of impact significance made by a range of stakeholders. The theoretical basis of fuzzy sets is explained and the approach is applied to the noise and visual effects associated with a 'live' wi…
Use of traditional knowledge in emergency management for tsunami hazard
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a case study in Washington State, USA where traditional stories (“oral tradition”) are being used in a contemporary context. Traditional knowledge is a system of experiential knowledge acquired through the continual observation of and interaction with the environment. This form of knowledge is still held by many societies and can provide an important contribution in emergency management for natural …
An Integrated Model for Understanding and Developing Resilience in the Face of Adverse Events
The Five Part Model or Five Areas Model has been a pivotal component of cognitive behavioural therapy and the treatment of various psychological disorders. The Five Part Model consists of five components that represent the interaction of an individual's environment, thoughts, feelings, behaviours, and physical reactions. To date the Five Part Model has primarily been used to understand what has already happened to an individual; for example, when…
A model of household preparedness for earthquakes
Multi‐agency community engagement during disaster recovery
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the role of community participation in reducing anxiety and trauma in communities during two New Zealand earthquakes: the 1987 Edgecumbe and 2003 Te Anau events and explore the effectiveness of various approaches in providing information, reducing stress, and facilitating a recovery process. Design/methodology/approach The principle methods of data collection were semi‐structured interviews were und…
Culture and disaster risk reduction
The value of physical science in mitigating the effects of environmental hazards is well acknowledged. Less acknowledged are the cultural influences affecting adoption of disaster risk reduction strategies, that is what influence 'culture' has upon hazard and risk. This paper explores the need to consider 'culture' within disaster risk reduction and cross disciplinary boundaries through four key questions: (a) How relevant is 'culture' to disaste…
Acompanhando micropolíticas juvenis
O Acompanhamento Juvenil (AJ) é proposto no âmbito da prática da psicologia em extensão acadêmica no contexto de políticas públicas. Configura-se como uma prática, inspirada no Acompanhamento Terapêutico (AT), que busca estar com jovens para pensar a infração e o abandono nos processos de institucionalização vividos em medidas socioeducativa e protetiva. O exercício de construção com jovens de novas relações com a cidade evidencia o AJ como uma p…
Predictors of onset of cannabis and other drug use in male young adults
Consideration of the predictor variables identified within this study may help to identify young male adults for whom preventive measures for cannabis or other drug use are most appropriate. The results provide evidence for both the gateway hypothesis and the common liability to addiction model and point to further variables like depressiveness or practising of religion that might influence the onset of drug use
An overview of the impacts of the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Canterbury Region of New Zealand at 4:35 am on 4 September 2010. It was centred 11 km beneath the rural town of Darfield, on the Greendale fault, which was previously unidentified. Christchurch City lies 40 km east of Darfield, and was home to a population of approximately 370,000 at the time of the earthquake. There was extensive damage as a result of the MM9 shaking, particularly to buildings and infrastruc…
A Review of People’s Behavior in and around Floodwater
A study was undertaken to review international literature pertaining to people’s behavior in and around floodwater. The review focused on people’s voluntary entry of floodwater. From the literature, five predominant reasons for entering floodwater were identified, including undertaking a recreational activity; attempting to reach a destination; retrieving property, livestock, or pets; undertaking employment duties; and rescuing or assisting with …
Cannabis use and other predictors of the onset of daily cigarette use in young men
Our results highlight the relevance of cannabis use compared to other potential predictors of the progression of tobacco use and thereby support the reverse gateway hypothesis
Immediate behavioural responses to earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan
This study examines people's immediate responses to earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan. Data collected from 257 respondents in Christchurch and 332 respondents in Hitachi revealed notable similarities between the two cities in people's emotional reactions, risk perceptions, and immediate protective actions during the events. Respondents' physical, household, and social contexts were quite similar, but Hitachi residents r…
What is ‘social resilience’? Perspectives of disaster researchers, emergency management practitioners, and policymakers in New Zealand
Behavioral Response in the Immediate Aftermath of Shaking
This study examines people's response actions in the first 30 min after shaking stopped following earthquakes in Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan. Data collected from 257 respondents in Christchurch, 332 respondents in Hitachi, and 204 respondents in Wellington revealed notable similarities in some response actions immediately after the shaking stopped. In all four events, people were most likely to contact family memb…
Missing in (Collective) Action
Social-psychological models of collective action emphasize three antecedents of protest: (a) anger at perceived injustice, (b) social identification, and (c) beliefs about group efficacy. These models are extremely useful but have rarely incorporated ideological factors—despite the fact that protests occur in societal contexts in which some people are motivated to defend and bolster the status quo whereas others are motivated to challenge and opp…
The role of prior experience in informing and motivating earthquake preparedness
Motivating household preparedness for earthquakes can be difficult, especially given the infrequent and varying nature of major events. Past research has shown that people's experiences contribute to their beliefs about whether, and how, they should prepare for earthquakes. Direct experience of a disaster can be a strong motivator of preparedness; however, most people will not directly experience a large damaging earthquake in their lifetimes. Th…
A bottom-up approach to developing a neighbourhood-based resilience measurement framework
Purpose As disaster resilience activities are increasingly occurring at the neighbourhood level, there is a growing recognition in research and in practice of the contributions that community stakeholders can make in assessing the resilience of their communities. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process in deriving a disaster resilience measurement framework by soliciting the perspectives of stakeholders from urban neighbourhoods in t…
Stakeholders’ Perspectives of Social Capital in Informing the Development of Neighborhood-Based Disaster Resilience Measurements
The cultivation of neighborhood-based social capital has gained significant attention in the disaster management sector in recent years as a means to increase community disaster resilience. However, within the sector, the concept of social capital remains unclear and its measurement is limited at the neighborhood level due to a focus on predominately top-down and quantitative approaches. By using a qualitative, inductive-driven approach, this pap…
A hero for the outgroup, a black sheep for the ingroup
Earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand
Earthquake early warning (EEW) can be used to detect earthquakes and provide advanced notification of strong shaking, allowing pre-emptive actions to be taken that not only benefit infrastructure but reduce injuries and fatalities. Currently Aotearoa New Zealand does not have a nationwide EEW system, so a survey of the public was undertaken to understand whether EEW was considered useful and acceptable by the public, as well as perceptions of how…
Scoping the potential for earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand
Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) systems are used to detect earthquakes and provide advanced notice of strong shaking intensity, allowing people to take pre-emptive actions that benefit the health of infrastructure and the life-safety of the public. With the advancement of technical research of EEWs, there is also an increasing need to understand EEW's potential impacts on society. In this study, we investigated the perspectives of various sectors …
Interpretations of aftershock advice and probabilities after the 2013 Cook Strait earthquakes, Aotearoa New Zealand
Probabilistic statements can be a valuable tool for natural hazard risk communication, including forecasts. However, individuals often have a poor understanding of such probabilistic forecasts caused by them distorting their interpretations of event likelihoods towards the end of the time window and discounting the risk today. We investigated the use of an ‘anchoring’ time statement to mitigate this bias via an opportunistic survey run after the …
Evaluating the ShakeOut drill in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Earthquakes pose a significant risk to Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ), where many injuries occur during shaking. These negative outcomes can be reduced by teaching the protective action, ‘Drop, cover, and hold’. The ShakeOut earthquake drill, developed in the United States to encourage practice of these protective actions, has been run nationwide in NZ in 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2019. Here we report an evaluation of the 2012 and 2015 ShakeOut drills. Pr…
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