Journal article
Household evacuation characteristics in American Samoa during the 2009 Samoa Islands tsunami
Abstract
Tsunamis represent significant threats to human life and development in coastal communities. This quantitative study examines the influence of household characteristics on evacuation actions taken by 211 respondents in American Samoa who were at their homes during the 29 September 2009 Mw 8.1 Samoa Islands earthquake and tsunami disaster. Multiple logistic regression analysis of survey data was used to examine the association between evacuation …
Authors
Apatu EJI; Gregg CE; Wood NJ; Wang L
Journal
Disasters, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 779–798
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2016
DOI
10.1111/disa.12170
ISSN
0361-3666