Understanding Disaster Preparedness and Resilience in Canterbury: Results of Interviews, Focus Groups and a Questionnaire Survey, GNS Science Report 2010/50 97 P
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE Becker, J.S. 2010. Understanding disaster preparedness and resilience in Canterbury: results of interviews, focus groups and a questionnaire survey, GNS Science Report 2010/50 97 p. J.S. Becker, GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Wellington © Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, 2010 ISSN 1177-2425 ISBN 978-0-478-19797-6 i 2010 CONTENTS ABSTRACT..............................................................................................................................V KEYWORDS ............................................................................................................................V 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................1 1.1 Hazards in Canterbury......................................................................................1 2.0 TIMARU INTERVIEWS ................................................................................................4 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................4 2.1.1 Previous hazards-related social science research in Timaru..............4 2.1.2 Interview methodology ........................................................................4 2.2 Results..............................................................................................................5 2.2.1 Natural hazards and preparedness information ..................................5 2.2.2 Talking about hazards/preparedness..................................................6 2.2.3 Thinking about hazards/preparedness................................................7 2.2.4 Community ..........................................................................................7 2.2.5 School activities...................................................................................8 2.2.6 Workplace influence............................................................................8 2.2.7 Training ...............................................................................................9 2.2.8 Using own experience for information.................................................9 2.2.9 Awareness ........................................................................................10 2.2.10 Natural hazards known in Timaru......................................................10 2.2.10.1 Most likely event .............................................................11 2.2.10.2 Time to next event ..........................................................11 2.2.10.3 Earthquakes....................................................................11 2.2.10.4 Beliefs about what a large earthquake might be like for Timaru.............................................................................12 2.2.10.5 Perceived response to a large earthquake .....................12 2.2.11 Feelings about, and attitudes toward, earthquakes and/or disasters 13 2.2.12 Hope and luck ...................................................................................14 2.2.13 Preparedness....................................................................................14 2.2.13.1 Importance of preparing..................................................14 2.2.13.2 Concepts of preparedness..............................................14 2.2.13.3 Preparedness undertaken by interviewees.....................15 2.2.13.4 Estimation of other people’s preparedness ....................17 2.2.13.5 People’s reasons for preparing.......................................18 2.2.13.6 People’s reasons for why they don’t prepare..................18 2.2.13.7 Other comments and beliefs about preparedness..........18 2.2.14 Vulnerabilities....................................................................................19 2.2.15 Control...............................................................................................20 2.2.16 Trust ..................................................................................................20 2.2.17 Responsibility ....................................................................................21 2.2.17.1 Responsibility for hazards/preparing ..............................21 2.2.17.2 Responsibility for others .................................................22 2.2.18 Social influences ...............................................................................22 2.2.19 Resource issues................................................................................23 2.2.20 Priorities ............................................................................................23 2.2.21 Occupation ........................................................................................23 2.2.22 Length of time in Timaru....................................................................23 3.0 FOCUS GROUPS ......................................................................................................24 3.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................24 3.2 Focus group methodology ..............................................................................24 GNS Science Report 2010/50 ii 2010 3.3 Results............................................................................................................24 3.3.1 Fairlie, 21 September 2009...............................................................24 3.3.2 Woodend, 6 October 2009 ................................................................26 3.3.3 Methven, 7 October 2009..................................................................29 4.0 PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE SURVEY.......................................................32 4.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................32 4.2 Survey methodology .......................................................................................32 4.3 Survey results .................................................................................................35 4.3.1 Understanding and experience of hazards........................................35 4.3.2 Preparedness information .................................................................35 4.3.3 Roles and responsibilities..................................................................36 4.3.4 Community resilience indicators........................................................37 4.3.5 Preparedness....................................................................................37 5.0 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................38 6.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..........................................................................................40 7.0 REFERENCES ...........................................................................................................40 FIGURES Figure 1 Canterbury Region and urban areas where research was undertaken. .............................................2 Figure 2 Map showing the distribution of MM intensity with a current Annual Exceedance Probability of 1/475 derived from the National Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Model (2001). Canterbury Region includes predominantly MM6 (i.e. falling items, slight damage, e.g. cracked plaster), MM7 (i.e. buildings cracked, bricks and chimneys falling), MM8 (i.e. damaged and partially or fully collapsed buildings) and MM9 (i.e. heavy damage and collapsing/destroyed buildings) (pers. comm. Warwick Smith, GNS Science, 2001)...........................................................3 Figure 3 Survey responses from householders in Christchurch City..............................................................33 Figure 4 Survey responses from householders located in towns across wider/rural Canterbury. ..................34 TABLES Table 1 Likelihood of events to affect respondents .......................................................................................60 Table 2 Whether affected by hazards in the past..........................................................................................60 Table 3 Type of event(s) that have affected respondents .............................................................................61 Table 4 Time hazard event could next affect community of respondent .......................................................65 Table 5 Preparedness information seen or received.....................................................................................68 Table 6 Perception of roles ...........................................................................................................................69 Table 7 How communities can be involved in hazard and preparedness issues ..........................................72 Table 8 Tasks participants would be willing to undertake .............................................................................76 Table 9 Whether people feel informed enough to be able to adequately plan for emergencies....................77 Table 10 How respondents would like to be informed about how to plan for emergencies.............................77 Table 11 Critical awareness............................................................................................................................79 Table 12 Coping style .....................................................................................................................................79 Table 13 Negative outcome