Evacuation behavior of households facing compound hurricane‐pandemic threats
基于2020年弗吉尼亚沿海家庭调查,研究飓风与新冠疫情复合威胁下家庭疏散决策的影响因素及公平性问题,发现飓风和疫情脆弱性高、经济资源充足的家庭更可能疏散,高收入家庭疏散资源更多,少数族裔在疫情中更脆弱且疏散资源更少。
Abstract This study examines households' prospective evacuation behavior during a hurricane‐pandemic compound threat. Data from a 2020 survey of coastal Virginia households help answer two questions: (1) What factors associated with the threat and impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic and hurricanes influence the prospective evacuation behavior of households during a compound hurricane‐pandemic event? (2) What are the equity implications for emergency management policies and practices to support evacuation and sheltering during a compound hurricane‐pandemic event? Households in the sample were split between those who stated they would evacuate away from the at‐risk region and those who would stay. Greater household vulnerability to hurricanes and COVID‐19 and having sufficient financial resources increase the likelihood of evacuation. Higher‐income households were more likely to have resources to evacuate and were less likely to suffer financial consequences from a hurricane or pandemic. Racial minorities are more vulnerable to the pandemic and face greater resource challenges when evacuating.