TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes
T2 - Modelling human behaviour
AU - Prati, Gabriele
AU - Saccinto, Elisa
AU - Pietrantoni, Luca
AU - Pérez-Testor, Carles
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported in part by grants from the SUR of ECO, Generalitat de Catalunya, which awarded a fellowship (2012FI_B1 00157) to Elisa Saccinto for her Doctorate Programme. The authors thank Gianluca Pescaroli for his assistance with this research.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate human behaviour during the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes. Furthermore, the current study used Kuligowski and Mileti's (Fire Saf J 44:487-496, 2009) extended model and the Social Attachment Model as a framework to explain the behavioural responses. The study included 1839 participants who were affected by the earthquake occurred in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) on 20 May 2012. The most frequent behavioural responses during the earthquake were moving to another room of the house, escaping from home, and waiting in bed. According to Kuligowski and Mileti's (Fire Saf J 44:487-496, 2009) extended model, perceived risk was associated with evacuation, and emergency preparedness was related to more efficient and effective responses during the earthquake. In line with the Social Attachment Model, affiliation behaviours were more frequent than flight behaviours, while, contrary to predictions, the social context did not influence emotional responses, evacuation behaviour, and search for protection.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate human behaviour during the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes. Furthermore, the current study used Kuligowski and Mileti's (Fire Saf J 44:487-496, 2009) extended model and the Social Attachment Model as a framework to explain the behavioural responses. The study included 1839 participants who were affected by the earthquake occurred in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) on 20 May 2012. The most frequent behavioural responses during the earthquake were moving to another room of the house, escaping from home, and waiting in bed. According to Kuligowski and Mileti's (Fire Saf J 44:487-496, 2009) extended model, perceived risk was associated with evacuation, and emergency preparedness was related to more efficient and effective responses during the earthquake. In line with the Social Attachment Model, affiliation behaviours were more frequent than flight behaviours, while, contrary to predictions, the social context did not influence emotional responses, evacuation behaviour, and search for protection.
KW - Behavioural response
KW - Earthquake
KW - Emotional response
KW - Perceived risk
KW - Protective action
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U2 - 10.1007/s11069-013-0688-9
DO - 10.1007/s11069-013-0688-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884910012
SN - 0921-030X
VL - 69
SP - 99
EP - 113
JO - Natural Hazards
JF - Natural Hazards
IS - 1
ER -