Dilemma of the Tropics
Changes to Housing Safety Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities in Multihazard Environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21738262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Briar Goldwyn (0000-0003-2866-045X, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author), Amy Javernick Will (0000-0002-3933-2614, University of Colorado Boulder), Abbie B Liel (0000-0002-9241-5144, University of Colorado Boulder) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Natural Hazards Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-6988 • E-ISSN: 1527-6996 |
| Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1061/(asce)nh.1527-6996.0000457 |
| OpenAlex | W3141033882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 28 |
This study seeks to understand how housing safety perceptions have changed after a specific hazard event: the 2019–2020 earthquakes affecting the US Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The research team conducted and qualitatively analyzed 52 semistructured interviews with households, informal builders, and individuals involved in formal construction on the island to understand risk and safety perceptions related to both hurricanes and earthquakes before and after the 2019–2020 earthquakes. The study found that, after the earthquakes, trust in informal construction processes decreased; trust in formal construction processes and self-efficacy increased; and perceptions of expected earthquake damage and views on the relative safety of building materials changed, including a notable shift to doubt the safety of concrete construction. Because household risk and housing safety perceptions directly affect decisions about safe construction materials and practices, it is critical to both understand these perceptions and investigate how these perceptions may change with the experience of a less frequent or less familiar hazard event
Business · Dilemma · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Forensic engineering · Geography · Hazard · Occupational safety and health · Perception · Poison control · Political science · Risk perception · Suicide prevention · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Medicine · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management
Identifying misalignments between the informal construction sector's perceptions and engineering assessments of housing safety in future disasters for capacity development
Consequences that matter
Potential for mitigating hurricane wind impact on informally-constructed homes in Puerto Rico under current and future climate scenarios
Capacity-Building to Support Safer Housing through Appropriate Hurricane Strap Use
Poverty and Disasters in the United States
The Risk Perception Paradox—Implications for Governance and Communication of Natural Hazards
Credibility and trust in risk communication
Waiting for Disaster
The Meaning of ‘Build Back Better’
Hurricane risk perceptions among Florida's single family homeowners
Getting ready for mega disasters
Projected Increases in Hurricane Damage in the United States
Building Back Better
Haiti
After Disaster
Perceptions of risk characteristics of earthquakes compared to other hazards and their impact on risk tolerance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |