Attitudes and Trust in Leveraging Integrated Sociotechnical Systems for Enhancing Community Adaptive Capacity – Phase II
The project described in this report explores relationships between social attitudes and community-scale disaster preparedness. Specifically, we are interested in respondents’ knowledge of local resources and their willingness to share their own resources with others. We report on data gathered from a pilot sample survey focused on community resilience in an earthquake scenario that was implemented in a Seattle, WA neighborhood. We find that respondents’ willingness to share resources also depends upon the nature of their social ties to those in need. We look specifically at access to health care services via different modes of transportation to better understand how people’s means of seeking health care might change in a disaster scenario. Findings relevant to transportation planning include general uncertainty among respondents about what transportation options might be available in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake, and few respondents were prepared with alternative transportation options. This information could be used by municipalities and transit agencies to help inform community outreach and education efforts relevant to disaster planning. We seek to implement the survey more broadly across the Pacific Northwest in order to help inform resource matching for disaster preparedness at a range of scales.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $151,420
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747116
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Teaching Old Models New Tricks (TOMNET)
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ United States 85287 -
Project Managers:
Pendyala, Ram
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Performing Organizations:
University of Washington, Seattle
1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 535
Seattle, WA United States 98105 -
Principal Investigators:
Chen, Cynthia
- Start Date: 20180601
- Expected Completion Date: 20190531
- Actual Completion Date: 20190531
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access; Attitudes; Communities; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Health care services; Knowledge; Psychological trust; Residents
- Geographic Terms: Pacific Northwest; Seattle (Washington)
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01848881
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Teaching Old Models New Tricks (TOMNET)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747116
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jun 21 2022 9:03AM