This paper attempt to give a Socio-psychological model for facing a hypothetical earthquake in Tehran. The model advances 4 steps for the disaster: discontent, crowd, riot and plunder. In any step we have tried to imagine by our meta-analysis data to argue about possible social and psychological interactions: shock, fear, distress, hatred, insecurity, depression etc. The model shows how social fear push the population, and in which ways, to a clash with the security forces. Our analysis continues to foresee the days, months and years after the earthquake. Tehran will be a dead city at least for 2 years and huge immigration have to be organized. The paper finish with concrete suggestion to reinforce the resistance against these negative effects by a social plan of collaboration within the population and authorities.
Askari, A. (2015). Modeling the Social- Psychological Effects of an Earthquake in Tehran. Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research, 5(2), 287-311. doi: 10.22059/ijar.2015.59094
MLA
Amir Askari. "Modeling the Social- Psychological Effects of an Earthquake in Tehran". Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research, 5, 2, 2015, 287-311. doi: 10.22059/ijar.2015.59094
HARVARD
Askari, A. (2015). 'Modeling the Social- Psychological Effects of an Earthquake in Tehran', Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research, 5(2), pp. 287-311. doi: 10.22059/ijar.2015.59094
VANCOUVER
Askari, A. Modeling the Social- Psychological Effects of an Earthquake in Tehran. Iranian Journal of Anthropological Research, 2015; 5(2): 287-311. doi: 10.22059/ijar.2015.59094
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