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Snow‐avalanche hazards, Southern Glacier National Park, Montana: The nature of local knowledge and individual responses
Author(s) -
Butler David R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1987.tb00640.x
Subject(s) - snow , national park , glacier , hazard , physical geography , poison control , warning system , geography , environmental science , meteorology , engineering , archaeology , environmental health , ecology , medicine , aerospace engineering , biology
A survey was conducted of well‐educated residents of East Glacier Park, Montana, who are frequently isolated by snow avalanches. It showed that people in this area do not alter driving habits during times of avalanche danger, are not aware of the local avalanche warning system, and have not efficiently garnered information about the avalanche hazard.