Collection
A Collection by: PreventionWeb user UNDRR Editors
Last updated: 16 Sep 2019
While evacuation saves lives, many people choose not to leave when faced with a disaster. These resources explore the multiple factors influencing the decision to evacuate.
Documents and Publications
Livelihoods, wellbeing and the risk to life during volcanic eruptions
Frontiers
2019
News
Australia: Impacts of conflicting cues in emergency warnings
Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre
04 September 2019
News
Virtual reality helps scare residents to flee looming storms, research says
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
21 June 2019
Documents and Publications
Wiley; Royal Geographical Society
2018
News
Evacuation decision-making: How people make choices in disasters
National Science Foundation
24 September 2018
News
USA: 'I can't afford to leave my home': evacuating too costly for some in path of Hurricane Florence
Guardian, the (UK)
14 September 2018
News
How your social network could save you from a disaster
Conversation Media Group, the
16 July 2018
News
USA: ‘It won’t happen to me’: Why people don’t prepare for disasters
Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
13 July 2018
News
New Zealand: Are Wellingtonians prepared for a natural hazard event?
Resilience to Nature's Challenges
06 July 2018
Documents and Publications
Rising waters, difficult decisions: Findings and recommendations from the Calgary Flood Project
Mount Royal University
2018
Documents and Publications
Natural Hazards Center
2018
News
Would you adhere to a mandatory wildfire evacuation? There are reasons some prefer to stay
Society for Risk Analysis
02 February 2018
Documents and Publications
Elsevier
2017
News
UGA researchers seek answer to personal hurricane evacuation decisions
University of Georgia
05 December 2017
News
Do I stay or do I go? Hurricane risk perception and evacuation behavior
Natural Hazards Center
01 November 2017
News
Psychology holds key to getting people out before disaster strikes
Conversation Media Group, the
12 October 2017
News
Study: Interpreting hurricane forecasts displays can be difficult for general public
University of Utah
05 October 2017
News
VMASC researcher examines why hurricane evacuation orders are ignored
Old Dominion University
01 September 2017
News
Why do some people decide to ride out hurricanes?
Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company
25 August 2017
News
Australia: Bushfire ready, thanks to artificial intelligence
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
03 May 2017
News
US: Study on how Gulf and East Coast residents respond to hurricane evacuation warnings
Colorado State University
21 July 2010