Careful analysis of a large-scale hurricane evacuation reveals how people decide to stay or flee when danger looms.
This study of Hurricane Carla offers practical lessons for planners, responders, and communities.
This edition grounds its findings in years of field research, interviewing 1,500 local residents across five sites and examining how age, income, education, and family structure influence evacuation choices. It also details the methods, data handling, and collaboration that shaped the project, making it a useful reference for improving future disaster response.
- Understand how personal and family factors affect evacuation decisions.
- Learn how different groups used shelters and other safety options during a major threat.
- See how researchers collected, coded, and analyzed large sets of interview data.
- Gain insights into how social science informs public planning and emergency services.
Ideal for readers of disaster research, public policy, and emergency planning who want grounded evidence from a landmark evacuation study.