Weather, Climate, and Society

WCAS

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Mission

Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) (ISSN: 1948-8327; eISSN: 1948-8335) publishes research that encompasses economics, policy analysis, political science, history, and institutional, social, and behavioral scholarship relating to weather and climate, including climate change. Contributions must include original social science research, evidence-based analysis, and relevance to the interactions of weather and climate with society.

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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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29 July 2021

Weather, climate, and narrative: A relational model for democratizing risk communication

Conducting a postevent target audience study in the city of Tacloban, Philippines, this publication reviews the relative effectiveness of narrative-based versus technical message designs on residents who chose not to evacuate during the 2013

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4 August 2020

Cry wolf effect? Evaluating the impact of false alarms on public responses to tornado alerts in the Southeastern United States

On average, 75% of tornado warnings in the United States are false alarms.

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4 August 2020

How mobile home residents understand and respond to tornado warnings

Mobile home residents experience higher fatality rates from tornadoes than “fixed home” residents. Yet, research on how mobile home residents understand and respond to tornado warnings is lacking.

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18 June 2016

A textual processing model of risk communication: lessons from Typhoon Haiyan

This study investigates the role and dynamics of risk communication in these events, specifically examining the organizational processing of text within a complex institutional milieu.