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Community resilience, latent resources and resource scarcity after an earthquake: Is society really three meals away from anarchy?

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  • J. Thomas
  • K. Mora

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Immediately after an earthquake event, how long people survive in place using their limited resources is relatively unknown, as is the behavioural response to resource scarcity. Computer-aided personal interviews were conducted with 172 householders to examine how many days people believed they were able to shelter in place without official aid in a simulated earthquake event, taking into account not only the water, food and medicine they had stockpiled, but also the availability of less obvious sources (such as water in the hot water cylinder or food from gardens). Based on recommended daily resource allowances, after a 3-day period without aid, 46 % of people had run out of at least one of these necessary resources and this increased to 90 % of people after 7 days. After a 7-day period without official aid, there is an increase in people’s perceived willingness to (1) ask for assistance from neighbours (but a reduction in people’s willingness to offer aid to others), (2) commit less socially acceptable acts (such as breaking into an empty house to take food and water) and (3) commit unsafe acts (such as drinking unpurified water). The results are discussed with regard to particular post-disaster social behaviours and how social norms shift as people adapt to survive. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • J. Thomas & K. Mora, 2014. "Community resilience, latent resources and resource scarcity after an earthquake: Is society really three meals away from anarchy?," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 74(2), pages 477-490, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:74:y:2014:i:2:p:477-490
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1187-3
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