The Role of Education on Disaster Preparedness: Case Study of 2012 Indian Ocean Earthquakes on Thailand's Andaman Coast

In this paper we investigate how well residents of the Andaman coast in Phang Nga province, Thailand, are prepared for earthquakes and tsunami. It is hypothesized that formal education can promote disaster preparedness because education enhances individual cognitive and learning skills, as well as a...

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Main Authors: Raya Muttarak, Wiraporn Pothisiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2013-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss4/art51/

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