Greer Alex, Huntsman David, Wu Hao-Che, Murphy Haley, Clay Lauren
Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security University at Albany.
Outcome Engenuity, LLC.
Transp Res D Transp Environ. 2023 Jun 19:103820. doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2023.103820.
This study explores household-level evacuation decision-making in response to Hurricane Laura, in a context where hurricane risk reduction measures contradicted COVID-19 risk reduction measures. Data were collected using a mail-based survey approach from households along the coast of Texas and Louisiana to explore drivers of and barriers to evacuation, including COVID-19 measures such as negative affect, risk perceptions, protective actions, and exposure. Testing for direct and indirect effects among the drivers of and barriers to evacuation, we find that many of our COVID-19 measures did not have a direct effect on evacuation but did have indirect effects through other factors. We also found evidence of both direct and indirect relationships with regards to more conventional drivers of evacuation found in the literature. We close with a discussion of the limitations and implications of this study.
本研究探讨了在飓风风险降低措施与新冠疫情风险降低措施相互矛盾的背景下，家庭层面针对劳拉飓风的疏散决策情况。通过基于邮件的调查方法，收集了得克萨斯州和路易斯安那州沿海家庭的数据，以探究疏散的驱动因素和障碍，包括诸如负面影响、风险认知、保护行动和暴露情况等新冠疫情相关措施。在对疏散的驱动因素和障碍之间的直接和间接影响进行测试时，我们发现许多新冠疫情相关措施对疏散没有直接影响，但通过其他因素产生了间接影响。我们还发现了与文献中更传统的疏散驱动因素相关的直接和间接关系的证据。最后，我们讨论了本研究的局限性和意义。
