RAPID: Hurricane Harvey: Experiences, Recovery and Future Policies

本研究调查了居住在休斯顿大都市地区的飓风哈维幸存者的行为和意见，包括哈里斯，弯曲堡，布拉索里亚和蒙哥马利县。居民们在准备风暴时采取了什么行动？救援和疏散是如何完成的？自飓风桑迪以来，社交媒体已成为灾害应对的一个组成部分。在哈维飓风之前和之后，居民如何使用社交媒体？这项研究将确定参与评估、清理和重建工作的志愿者的特点和动机，以及社交媒体是否在激励个人采取行动支持社区方面发挥了作用。这一小组调查的更广泛影响不仅集中在可以有助于基础研究的新数据上，而且集中在它作为政策评估和决策过程的一部分向政策制定者提供的信息以及它向私营部门决策者提供的信息上。这一小组调查的智力价值，因为它随着时间的推移调查相同的单位增加了关于个人在紧急情况下沟通和反应作用的直接科学知识。 小组研究的另一个特点是对基础科学的贡献。 具体来说，这些数据可以用来测试危机应对和对政府态度的重要行为理论，并有助于增加政治和社会科学文献，将现有和拟议的政策与结果联系起来。 对居住在哈里斯、弯曲堡、巴西里亚和蒙哥马利县受影响严重地区的活跃手机和固定电话用户进行的初步调查。确保资源以尽快部署调查仪器是非常重要的。除了种族、教育、收入、性别和年龄等人口统计特征外，调查问题还将涵盖以下主题：i）有关飓风哈维的信息来源; ii）飓风哈维造成的损失; iii）使用社交媒体寻求和分享信息，确定救援需求，志愿服务和捐款; iv）评估政府应对措施; v）预期的政策变化。该项目还将利用之前在热带风暴艾利森、卡特里娜、丽塔和艾克飓风后进行的调查。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This study investigates the behaviors and opinions of Hurricane Harvey survivors living in the Houston metropolitan region including Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, and Montgomery Counties. What actions did residents take in preparation of the storm? How were evacuations and rescues completed? Since Hurricane Sandy, social media has become an integral part of disaster response. How did residents use social media before and after Hurricane Harvey? The study will identify the characteristics and motivations of volunteers who participated in the evaluation, clean up and reconstruction efforts, and whether social media played a role in spurring individuals to act in support of their community. The broader impact of this panel survey centers on not only the new data that can contribute to basic research, but to the information it provides to policymakers as part of the policy evaluation and policymaking processes and the information it provides to private sector decision makers The intellectual merit of this panel survey, because it surveys the same units over time, increases direct scientific knowledge on the role of communication and response by individuals during emergency situations. Another attribute of a panel study would be the contributions to basic science. Specifically, this data can be used to test important behavioral theories on crisis response and attitudes toward government and help add to a literature in the political and social sciences that links existing and proposed policies to outcomes. The initial survey of active cell and landline telephone users living in highly impacted areas in Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Montgomery Counties. It is very important to secure resources to field the survey instrument as soon as possible. In addition to demographic characteristics such as race, education, income, gender and age, the survey questions will cover topics such as: i) sources of information about Hurricane Harvey; ii) damages due to Hurricane Harvey; iii) the use of social media for seeking and sharing information, identifying rescue needs, volunteerism, and donations; iv) evaluation of government responses; v) expected policy changes. The project will also take advantage of previous surveys conducted after Tropical Storm Allison, and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.