@article {bnh-1810, title = {Predicting delay in residents{\textquoteright} decisions on defending v. evacuating through antecedents of decision avoidance}, journal = {International Journal of Wildland Fire}, volume = {24}, year = {2015}, month = {032015}, pages = {153-161}, type = {Journal}, chapter = {153}, abstract = {

Many residents of at-risk areas delay committing to defence or evacuation as their response to wildfire threat. This study compared several plausible causes of decision delay and determined that householders{\textquoteright} delay was best predicted by the difference in perceived values of defending\ v.\ evacuating, resulting in decision delay when both options get closer in attractiveness.

}, doi = {10.1071/WF12213}, url = {http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/114/paper/WF12213.htm}, author = {Ilona M McNeill and Patrick Dunlop and T.C. Skinner and David Morrison} }