TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Variations in Disaster Evacuation Behavior - Public Responses Versus Private-Sector Executive Decision-Making Processes
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Drabek, Thomas E.
SP  - 104
EP  - 118
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - Data obtained from 65 executives working for tourism firms in three sample communities permitted comparison with the public warning response literature regarding three topics: disaster evacuation planning, initial warning responses, and disaster evacuation behavior. Disaster evacuation planning was reported by nearly all of these business executives, although it was highly variable in content, completeness, and formality. Managerial responses to post-disaster warnings paralleled the type of complex social processes that have been documented within the public response literature, except that warning sources and confirmation behavior were significantly affected by contact with authorities. Five key areas of difference were discovered in disaster evacuation behavior pertaining to: influence of planning, firm versus family priorities, shelter selection, looting concerns, and media contacts.<p />
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SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -