Explaining Subjective Risks of Hurricanes and the Role of Risks in Intended Moving and Location Choice Models Academic Article

abstract

• Using stated choice survey data we report on subjects' perceptions of the risks of hurricanes and intended relocation decisions when faced with such risks. All of the subjects were displaced by either Hurricane Katrina or Rita, in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas in 2005. Results here suggest that subjective perceptions of risk are quite high as compared to scientific estimates of risk, and relocation decisions revealed from a discrete choice experiment are significantly determined by levels of hurricane strike risks. 2009 ASCE.

authors

• Brody, Samuel
• Shaw, Douglass
• Woodward, Richard

published proceedings

• NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

• Baker, J., Shaw, W. D., Bell, D., Brody, S., Riddel, M., Woodward, R. T., & Neilson, W.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Baker, Justin||Shaw, W Douglass||Bell, David||Brody, Sam||Riddel, Mary||Woodward, Richard T||Neilson, William

publication date

• July 2009

publisher

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)  Publisher

published in

• Natural Hazards Review  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 52 Psychology
• Clinical Research
• Prevention

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:3(102)

start page

• 102

end page

• 112

volume

• 10

issue

• 3