Citation

Murphy H, Greer A, Wu HC. Risk Hazards Crisis Public Policy 2018; 9(3): 357-380.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Policy Studies Organization or the authors, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/rhc3.12141

PMID

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Abstract

This paper examines individual-level perceptions of knowledge levels, responsibility, and trust in the government's ability and willingness to mitigate the newfound earthquake hazard in Oklahoma. These earthquakes have increased in number and intensity since 2010 and are largely believed to be a by-product of wastewater injection wells from oil drilling, making them a new, politically complex hazard for residents to navigate. We conducted household level surveys with two communities in Oklahoma to examine the relationship between (a) an individual's belief that state and local government is knowledgeable about the new earthquake hazard; (b) individual perception that state and local government is responsible for protecting them from the earthquake hazard; and (c) their level of trust in state and local government's ability and willingness to mitigate the hazard. We find that individuals who perceive state and local government as more knowledge about the hazard, or more responsible for protecting them from the hazard, have a higher level of trust in government's ability and willingness to mitigate the earthquake hazard.

Language: en

Keywords

Confianza en el gobierno; Gestión y mitigación de peligros; hazard management and mitigation; Inyección de aguas residuales; trust in government; wastewater injection; 危害管理和缓解措施; 对政府的信任; 废水注入