AGENT-BASED SIMULATION OF HURRICANE RISK INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

The effectiveness of official warning dissemination and interpretation determines the adoption protective actions in response to hurricane threat. This paper describes development a conceptual diffusion model that articulates whole process individual decision-making, drawing on emergency management social science bodies literature. is then partially encoded into NetLogo agent-based simulation demonstrate effects various components evacuation decisions for areas interest. translation simulations can inform coastal engineering communities importance communicating risk information public, also helps identify future research needed illuminate communication pathways.