Citation

Lindell MK. Int. J. Mass Emerg. Disasters 1997; 15(3): 327-453.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, International Sociological Association, International Research Committee on Disasters)

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Abstract

Part One: An Assessment of Existing Research: Hazard Adjustments and Their Consequences; Stakeholders and Their Interrelationships; Individual Adoption and Hazard Applications; Informal Social Processes; Organizational Processes; Economic Market Processes; Governmental Processes; and Legal Processes. Part Two: An Assessment of Strategies: Adjustment through Hazard Awareness Programs; and Adjustment through Sanctions. Part Three: Findings and Recommendations. References. NOTE: This special issue represents the report of the Committee on Adoption and Implementation of Natural Hazard Adjustments, working as part of the Second Assessment of Research on Natural Hazards, conducted at the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado, Boulder.