Figures & data
Figure 2 Disasters 1965–2004: (A) Total number of major hazard events by county. (B) Total number of presidential disaster declarations (PDDs) by county.
![Figure 2 Disasters 1965–2004: (A) Total number of major hazard events by county. (B) Total number of presidential disaster declarations (PDDs) by county.](/cms/asset/1b24f063-a5ab-44a6-b955-b630ed0eb5f7/rtpg_a_271412_o_f0002g.gif)
Figure 3 Local spatial association between presidential disaster declarations (PDDs) and major hazard events calculated using a bivariate local Moran's I.
![Figure 3 Local spatial association between presidential disaster declarations (PDDs) and major hazard events calculated using a bivariate local Moran's I.](/cms/asset/972103a3-f8ad-4b42-bfcf-ba2808b22242/rtpg_a_271412_o_f0003g.jpg)
Table 1 PDD success rates: 1965–2004
Table 2 Variables used to predict the number of presidential disaster declarations (PDDs) in the global regression model
Table 3 Two-county example from the geographically weighted regression model
Figure 4 R2 values of the local regressions conducted for each county using geographically weighted regression, with presidential disaster declarations as the dependent variable and major hazard events, state success rate, and regional success rate as the independent variables.
![Figure 4 R2 values of the local regressions conducted for each county using geographically weighted regression, with presidential disaster declarations as the dependent variable and major hazard events, state success rate, and regional success rate as the independent variables.](/cms/asset/d11f6d4f-b624-40b3-98bb-b497e3776444/rtpg_a_271412_o_f0004g.gif)
Figure 5 Parameter values of the local regression conducted for each county using geographically weighted regression: (A) intercept values, (B) coefficients for the major hazard event variable, (C) coefficients for the state success rate variable, (D) coefficients for the regional success rate variable.
![Figure 5 Parameter values of the local regression conducted for each county using geographically weighted regression: (A) intercept values, (B) coefficients for the major hazard event variable, (C) coefficients for the state success rate variable, (D) coefficients for the regional success rate variable.](/cms/asset/f0e71902-fb4b-492c-bcbe-371235e2030a/rtpg_a_271412_o_f0005g.gif)