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