Effect of Disaster Experience on Adoption of Energy Saving Policies among Local Governments in Florida

• In Event: Focusing Events and Local Environmental Responses

Brief Overview

This research tests the application of the theory of focusing events as proposed by Birkland, at the local government level; and examines effect of disaster experience on adoption of Energy Efficiency policies across 165 cities in Florida.

Authors

• Vaswati Chatterjee, Villanova University

• Simon A Andrew, University of North Texas

• Armen Borrel