Department
Emergency Management & Public Administration
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
This study extended previous research by testing the Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) on hurricane evacuation decisions during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. An examination of this mediation model shows that a household’s evacuation decision, as predicted, is determined most directly by expected wind impacts and expected evacuation impediments. In turn, expected wind impacts and expected hydrological impacts are primarily determined by expected storm threat and expected rapid onset. Finally, expected storm threat, expected rapid onset, and expected evacuation impediments are determined by households’ personal characteristics, their reception of hurricane information, and their observations of social and environmental cues. These results are generally consistent with the PADM and reinforce the importance of testing multi-stage multi-equation models of hurricane evacuation.
Recommended Citation
Huang, S.-K., Lindell, M.K., Prater, C.S., (2017) Toward a multi-stage model of hurricane evacuation decision: an empirical study of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Natural Hazard Review, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000237.
Publication/Presentation Information
Natural Hazard Review, 2017, 18(3).