The Public Response to Hazardous Weather Events
25 Years of Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7784885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Sherman‐morri (0000-0002-7496-8394, Mississippi State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 669-685 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gec3.12076 |
| OpenAlex | W1960563475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 83 |
Recent disasters with high numbers of fatalities such as Hurricane Katrina or the 2011 southeastern tornado outbreak demonstrate the need to understand the public's response in extreme weather events. Much of what we know about how an individual responds to a weather hazard comes from case study research on behaviors and perceptions following single events. Because many of the actions are context specific, it is important to periodically review these case studies as a group to identify any trends that cut across hazards or locations. This paper examines research on individual‐level response to weather hazards from 1988 to 2012 and identifies similarities among the events. In conducting the review, the author also identified those areas in the response to hazardous weather events that are least frequently studied, including response to extreme heat and winter storms and to a lesser extent the response to flood events in the USA. Subjects covered in many of the papers included how one becomes aware of the hazard, how one responds, and what factors influence the response. Each of these subjects is discussed for each type of event, followed by a summary of the generalizations that may be made from these case studies
Climate change · Emergency response · Extreme weather · Flood myth · Geography · Hazard · Meteorology · Natural hazard · Severe weather · Storm · Tornado · Disaster Management and Resilience · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
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Spanish Speakers in the United States Report Differing Levels of Weather Salience Based on Their Ethnocultural Background
Factors Affecting Hurricane Evacuation Intentions
Preparing for Doris
Perceptions about Social Science among NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologists
Usefulness of the United States National Weather Service Radar Display as Rated by Website Users
Structural Forces
“Sometimes da #beachlife ain't always da wave”
An Implicit – Not Explicit – Understanding of Hurricane Storms
The Proof is in the Picture
Severe Weather Watches and Risk Perception in a Hypothetical Decision Experiment
Weather Warning Uncertainty
Double trouble
Tornado warning awareness, information needs and the barriers to protective action of individuals who are blind
A qualitative study of mobile home resident perspectives on tornadoes and tornado protective actions in South Carolina, USA
Race, Trust, and Return Migration
Le couple anticipation/décision aux prises avec l’exceptionnel, l’imprévu et l’incertitude
Household Decision Making and Evacuation in Response to Hurricane Lili
Coping with floods
Hurricane Evacuation Behavior
Emerging Hurricane Evacuation Issues
Crying wolf
Yes, we can
Household Evacuation Decision Making in Response to Hurricane Ike
The missing link between flood risk awareness and preparedness
Flood Fatalities in the United States
Perceptions of heatwave risks to health
A survey of public perception and response to heat warnings across four North American cities
Decision Making by Austin, Texas, Residents in Hypothetical Tornado Scenarios
The Vulnerability of Mobile Home Residents in Tornado Disasters
Storm Surge and “Certain Death”
A Preliminary Look at the Social Perspective of Warn-on-Forecast
Diffusion of Emergency Warning
Households' Perceived Personal Risk and Responses in a Multihazard Environment
Communicating Environmental Risk in Multiethnic Communities
Hazard Warning Systems
Hurricane risk perceptions among Florida's single family homeowners
Evacuation Decision Making and Behavioral Responses
Predicting Evacuation in Two Major Disasters
Crisis Communication, Race, and Natural Disasters
Risk factors for driving into flooded roads
Tornadoes, television and trust—A closer look at the influence of the local weathercaster during severe weather
Perception of risk
Understanding disaster warning responses
Assessment of a severe-weather warning system and disaster preparedness, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1994
Disaster Planning and Risk Communication With Vulnerable Communities
Fleeing the storm(s)
Predicting adult health and mortality from adolescent facial characteristics in yearbook photographs
Earthquake Insurance
Predictors for People’s Response to a Tornado Warning
Latino social network dynamics and the Hurricane Katrina disaster
The Urban Snow Hazard in the United States
Comparing reactions to two severe tornadoes in one Oklahoma community
The Role of Searching in Shaping Reactions to Earthquake Risk Information
Warnings during Disaster
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |