What Makes Homeowners Consider Protective Actions to Reduce Disaster Risk?An Application of the Precaution Adoption Process Model and Life Course Theory  

作　　者：Alexia Stock Rachel A.Davidson Joseph E.Trainor Rachel Slotter Linda K.Nozick Jamie B.Kruse 

机构地区：[1]Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,University of Delaware,Newark,DE 19711,USA [2]Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,University of Delaware,Newark,DE 19716,USA [3]School of Public Policy and Administration,University of Delaware,Newark,DE 19716,USA [4]Disaster Science and Management,University of Delaware,Newark,DE 19716,USA [5]School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Cornell University,Ithaca,NY 14853,USA [6]Department of Economics,East Carolina University,Greenville,NC 27858,USA

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2021年第3期312-325,共14页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Science Foundation under collaborative awards#1435298,1433622,1434716;award#1830511。

摘　　要：We hypothesize that for disaster risk mitigation,many households,despite being aware of their risk and possible mitigation actions,never seriously consider doing anything about them.In mitigation-focused decisions,since there is no equivalent to warning messages,the decision process is likely to evolve over an extended time.We explore what activates hurricane mitigation protective action decisions through three research questions:(1)to what extent are homeowners unengaged in protective action decision making?(2)What homeowner characteristics are associated with lack of engagement?And(3)to what extent do different life events trigger engagement in the decision-making process?We use the Precaution Adoption Process Model to conceptualize engagement as distinct from decision making;the broader protective action decision-making literature to explore drivers of engagement;and Life Course Theory to examine potential transitions from unengaged to engaged.We use survey data of homeowners in North Carolina to examine these questions empirically.Findings suggest that one-third of respondents had never engaged in protective action decisions,that life experiences differ in their occurrence frequency and effect on households’mitigation decisions,and that some events,such as renovating,reroofing,or purchasing a home may offer critical moments that could be leveraged to encourage greater engagement in mitigation decision making.

关 键 词：Homeowners Hurricane damage Life course theory Mitigation decisions North Carolina Protective action 

分 类 号：X4[环境科学与工程—灾害防治]