Forecasting and early warning systems are important investments to protect lives, properties,
and livelihood. While early warning systems are frequently used to predict the magnitude …

Natural hazard models are vital for all phases of risk assessment and disaster management.
However, the high number of uncertainties inherent to these models is highly challenging for …

Motivating household preparedness for earthquakes can be difficult, especially given the
infrequent and varying nature of major events. Past research has shown that people's …

Facilitating people's ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from disaster is an
important component of the UNISDR strategy for disaster risk reduction. Following a …

Meeting the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the
Millennium Development Goals requires a resilience paradigm to be embedded in the very …

The study aims to predict household earthquake preparedness in Malaysia using the theory
of planned behavior (TPB) in its original form and an extended model including community …

Understanding the culture of preparedness is essential to improve public policies and
programs aimed to promote population preparedness to cope with natural hazards. The …

Community preparedness in facing natural hazards such as earthquakes is extremely
important. Although there are numerous studies on community preparedness for …

Disaster recovery efforts form an essential component of coping with unforeseen events
such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and typhoons, some of which will only become …

Despite major advancements in knowledge on disaster risks and disasters caused by
natural hazards, the number and severity of disasters are increasing. Convolving natural …