hurricane preparedness to students and 85 % train staff members in hurricane preparedness. Sources of information about cyclone …. Most districts (75 %) would use schools as storm shelters, and 92 % would use school busses to assist in community … less likely to use school busses for evacuations, and smaller school districts were less likely to provide schools as storm …

situation enables a comparison of the preparedness of authorities and households in the flood endangered city of Dresden in 2002 … August 2002, the flood risk awareness and flood preparedness of authorities and households in Dresden was low. The inundation … measures. The severe flood situation as well as the low flood preparedness led to tremendous damage, e.g., losses to …

west coast of Washington State during August and September 2001. The study quantified respondents’ preparedness to deal … with tsunami hazards. Despite success in disseminating hazard information, levels of preparedness were recorded at low to … implications for the process of adjustment adoption or preparedness. These data are also used to define strategies for enhancing …

This paper reports on a study investigating cross-cultural equivalence in predictors of earthquake preparedness. Data … differences provided an opportunity to assess the degree of cross-cultural equivalence in predictors of earthquake preparedness … hazard preparedness in each location. Structural equation modelling analyses revealed similarity in the pattern of …

their low preparedness, which in turns generates inadequate response to natural disasters. In this paper, we challenge this … strengthening of local support networks to foster preparedness. The link between risk awareness and preparedness was not at all …

Youth preparedness for disasters is a growing area of research. However, studies to date have relied on cross …-experimental strategy to evaluate youth preparedness for disasters. This study evaluated whether children were more knowledgeable and … larger community-wide effort, children reported significant gains in preparedness indicators including increased knowledge as …