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AbstractThere is growing evidence that the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events may be increasing in conjunction with climate change. This means that many communities will encounter phenomena, such as extreme storm surge events, never before experienced by local residents. The tragic effects of Typhoon Haiyan on the city of Tacloban, Philippines, in November 2013 were attributed, in part, to the inability of routine technical bulletins to communicate the unprecedented nature of the predicted storm surge. In response, the authors construct a relational model of risk communication that suggests that narrative messages that simulate direct face-to-face communication may be more effective in spurring action. Conducting a postevent target audience study in the city of Tacloban, the authors tested the relative effectiveness of narrative-based versus technical message designs on residents who chose not to evacuate during the typhoon. Results show increased effectiveness of the narrative design vis-à-vis intent to evacuate, self-relevance and vividness of the message, and perceived authority of the message source. The study also explored factors behind noncompliance with evacuation advisories. The research supports the relational model, which captures insights from recent research on evacuation and emergency preparedness for extreme hazard events. It supports a broader effort to democratize risk communication and, in so doing, increase people's sense of agency in preparing for these events.

Intro -- Narrative, Identity, and the City -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Series editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- List of figures -- Chapter 1 Narrative, identity, and the city -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The city as discussed by scholars -- 1.3 The city in literature -- 1.4 The fragmented, unreal self of postmodernity -- 1.5 Different perspectives on place-identity-narrative -- 1.5.1Identity and place -- 1.5.2Identity and narrative -- 1.5.3City and narrative -- 1.6 Some more specific synergies -- 1.6.1The city affords the evolution of human subjects, and thereby also supplies the elements of plot -- 1.6.2City and self relate to each other through intertextuality -- 1.6.3The story of the city and the story of the self reflect each other -- 1.6.4The city provides occasions for narration -- 1.6.5The city threatens to decenter the teller -- 1.7 Method of analysis -- 1.8 Filipino materials -- Chapter 2 Story 1 The city found -- Chapter 3 Story 2 The city found -- Chapter 4 Commentary on the city found -- 4.1 Emplotment -- 4.1.1Story 1 -- 4.1.2Story 2 -- 4.2 Postmodernity -- 4.3 Intertextuality and diasporas -- Chapter 5 Story 3 The city lost -- The city: As it was -- The city: Day before Armageddon -- The city: Through Haiyan -- The city: In ruins -- The city: The road to recovery -- The city: Future uncertain -- The city: Within -- Chapter 6 Commentary on the city lost -- 6.1 Catharsis and survival -- 6.2 Trying to make sense -- 6.3 The city and the citizen -- 6.4 Decentered carrying on -- Chapter 7 Story 4 The city of silence -- Solitude -- Chapter 8 Commentary on the city of silence -- 8.1 The Word [sic] as sub-text -- 8.2 The city and the monastic -- 8.3 The cloister and the self -- 8.4 Memory and reflection -- Chapter 9 The narratively represented self-and-city.