Determinants of Behavioral Intention of Tsunami Evacuation and the Influence of Normative Awareness

- Report of Case Study in Kochi City -

Abstract

This study examined factors which influence the intention of evacuation behavior. We expected that the behavioral intention of evacuation is determined by six cognitive factors; perceived risk, response-efficacy, self-efficacy, response cost, descriptive norm, injunctive norm.We conducted a survey using a standard questionnaire in Kochi prefecture and identified the six factors. The standard questionnaire revealed that the factors affecting the intention of evacuation behavior differed depending on the residence and residence period.And srveys in multiple regions have the same result that the influence of subjective norms was large.