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1 online resource (132 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Earthquake Hazards in Japan and The United States; Introduction; Patterns of World Losses; Earthquakes in the United States and Japan; Susceptibility to future losses in the United States and Japan; Conclusion; 2 Social and Behavioral Science and the Study of Human Response to Earthquake Hazards; Natural Hazards Research; Cultural Psychology: Psychic Unity and Basic Psychological Processes; 3 Description of the Empirical Study; Goals of the Study; Seismic Characteristics of Study Sites |
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Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Study AreasData collection, method, and response rate; 4 General Description of Respondents; Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics; 5 Attitudinal Characteristics; Traditions of Optimism or Self-Improvement in the US and Japan; Empirical Contrasts: California and Japan; Willingness to Help; Conclusion; 6 Culture and Risk Perception; Worry about Societal Problems; Worry about Earthquakes; Worry about Potential Consequences of an Earthquake; Impacts of the Kobe Earthquake on Perceived Consequences; Perceived Likelihood of Earthquake Hazards |
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Estimating Worry of Others in One's Own CommunityConclusion; 7 Adoption of Mitigation Measures; Earthquake Insurance; Empirical Results: Mitigation adoption; Impacts of the Kobe Earthquake of 1995; Correlates of mitigation adoption; Perceived Preparedness; Perceived Vulnerability; Conclusion; 8 Beliefs about Government Aid and Public Policy Measures; Government Policies in California; Government Policies in Japan; Government versus Individual Responsibility; Government Mitigation Policy; Conclusion; 9 Implications of this Research for Public Policy |
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General Levels of independence, interdependence, human agency or fatalism and optimismPerceived susceptibility to general risks; Responses to the earthquake hazard; Correlates of Earthquake Response; Adoption of Mitigation Measures; Recommendations; References |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429701276 |
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0429701276 |
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