Understanding of income and race disparities in hurricane evacuation is contingent upon study case and design.

ABSTRACT: As hurricanes become more frequent and destructive, understanding evacuation decision-making is crucial to refining disaster response strategies. Several studies have explored how socioeconomic characteristics such as income and race impact evacuation behavior. Most of these studies focus on a single hurricane event with the geographic extent limited to one or two states, each using a distinct study design, making them difficult to compare. This raises the question of whether findings from isolated cases can be generalized across different hurricane scenarios and geographical settings under a similar study design and consistent parameter definitions. To address this gap, in this study, we conduct a comparative analysis to understand income and racial disparity across multiple hurricane eve

SUBMITTER: Anand H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11582577 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature