Attitudes and Trust in Leveraging Integrated Sociotechnical Systems for Enhancing Community Adaptive Capacity – Phase III
Current work in the area of resource sharing for disaster response and recovery assumes a top- down, centralized perspective. This study addresses a gap in knowledge about how resources might be shared among community members when a centralized supply of resources is not available, as might occur in a large-scale event such as a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. In the case of such a disaster, community members’ willingness to share resources with one another could contribute to the relative success or failure of communities to be locally self-sufficient if required. This research draws upon data gathered from a community-scale sample survey set in the Pacific Northwest, a region in which earthquakes are a certain, though largely unpredictable, hazard. In order to better understand the potential for resource sharing among community members in the event of an earthquake, we analyze three attitudinal variables related to both actual disaster preparedness and anticipated willingness to share: level of concern about disasters, place attachment, and trust. Our findings reveal a negative association between level of concern and actual disaster preparedness, while willingness to share is most strongly influenced by trust. Additional observed relationships between trust, place attachment, and community social network size suggest a need for further research in this area. Better understanding willingness to share and available resources at the community level can help to inform both grassroots efforts and more formal disaster preparedness organizations regarding targeted interventions for improving disaster preparedness.
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
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ United States 85287 -
Project Managers:
Pendyala, Ram
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Performing Organizations:
University of Washington, Seattle
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
201 More Hall, Box 352700
Seattle, WA United States 98195-2700 -
Principal Investigators:
Chen, Cynthia
- Start Date: 20191001
- Expected Completion Date: 20210630
- Actual Completion Date: 20200630
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access; Attitudes; Communities; Disaster preparedness; Earthquakes; Health care services; Information dissemination; Knowledge; Outreach; Residents; Safety education; Trust (Psychology)
- Geographic Terms: Pacific Northwest; Seattle (Washington)
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01765206
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Teaching Old Models New Tricks
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747116
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Feb 21 2021 3:06PM