sustainability Article Earthquake Evacuation Choice and Management in a Developing Archipelagic Country—A Case Study of Surigao City, Philippines Sherwin Roy Calumba 1, Monorom Rith 2,3 and Alexis M. Fillone 1,* 1 Civil Engineering Department, De La Salle University, Metro Manila 1004, Philippines;
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[email protected] Abstract: The Philippines is a developing archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. The country is susceptible to multiple natural disasters, specifically earthquakes. This implies the significance of understanding earthquake evacuation choice in order to design effective planning and management of evacuation to minimize chaos, damage cost, and the loss of lives. This study investigated the determinants of earthquake evacuation and proposed earthquake evacuation planning and manage- ment in the Philippines, featuring the case study of Surigao City. The study used the primary dataset of 1055 observations gathered in 2019 and applied the nested logit model (NLM) to investigate Citation: Calumba, S.R.; Rith, M.; the potential factors of earthquake evacuation decisions. We considered three output variables: Fillone, A.M. Earthquake Evacuation evacuation choice, evacuation duration, and travel mode choice. We found that residents were Choice and Management in a more likely to evacuate their homes upon receiving an earthquake warning and move to a public Developing Archipelagic Country—A shelter or open space. Additionally, respondents were more inclined to leave their homes when Case Study of Surigao City, their houses suffered from moderate to severe/complete damage or when electricity and water Philippines.