İDEALKENT

Yazarlar: Bariş ŞENTUNA, Fahri ÇAKI

Konular:Sosyal

Anahtar Kelimeler:Disaster,Readiness,Scale,Balikesir

Özet: Disaster preparedness refers to reduction of risks and dangers caused by disasters by planning, applications, and assessments, starting from households up to national level. This article aims to develop a universal scale for measuring disaster preparedness of households using Balıkesir sample. This article is consists of four main parts. In first part of this article, concept of preparedness is examined and definition of preparedness is given. In addition to this, the scales developed for measuring preparedness are analyzed, compared and presented. In second part the preparing of sampling from universe Balıkesir is explained in numbers (N=1134). Inclusiveness of the research was made by deciding on number of questionnaire and places where they will be applied which are presented through tables. In third part the findings are presented. Confirmatory factor analysis which is made after explanatory factor analysis revealed the goodness of fit indexes. Based on that the processes and decision of making another model for the scale and for removing items are explained in detail. In continuing parts of findings, the new goodness of fit findings and factor table are given again. One of the most important part of developing scale namely path diagram made by LISREL is presented.

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