This statistical meta-analysis (SMA) examined 38 studies involving actual responses to
hurricane warnings and 11 studies involving expected responses to hypothetical hurricane …

This paper presents a review of highway-based evacuation modeling and simulation and its
evolution over the past decade. The review includes the major components of roadway …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• The groundbreaking exploration of probability and
uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from …

The Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) is a multistage model that is based on
findings from research on people's responses to environmental hazards and disasters. The …

This article synthesizes the literature on poverty and disasters in the United States and
presents the results from a wide range of studies conducted over the past twenty years. The …

Disaster vulnerability is socially constructed, ie, it arises out of the social and economic
circumstances of everyday living. Most often discussed from the perspective of develo** …

Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the
world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster …

In this paper we synthesise past disaster research that addresses issues of race and
ethnicity in the United States. Using an eight‐stage typology to organise the findings, this …

9/11. Tornadoes. Emergency preparedness. Whether explaining parts per million to a
community exposed to contaminated groundwater or launching a campaign to encourage …

Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf South at the end of August 2005, devastating lives and
raising questions about how race and class influence human, as well as institutional …