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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