Getting Ready for Blizzards: Preparation Levels in the Winter of 1977–1978

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Sociological Focus

Vol. 15 (1) , 67-76
https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.1982.10570413

Abstract

The respondents had a reasonably clear understanding of their actual situation; there was little evidence to suggest they were poorly prepared and unrealistic at the same time. Further examination of the theory of “bounded rationality” to determine conditions under which it is most useful is suggested.

Keywords

BLIZZARDS
PREPARATION LEVELS
POORLY PREPARED
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
ACTUAL SITUATION
UNREALISTIC
WINTER
DETERMINE CONDITIONS

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Blame and Hostility in Disaster
American Journal of Sociology, 1957
Physical Characteristics of Disasters: Historical and Statistical Review
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1957