Predicting long-term business recovery from disaster: A comparison of the loma prieta earthquake and hurricane andrew

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Webb, Gary R ^a   Tierney, Kathleen J ^b   Dahlhamer, James M ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster recovery; Economic impacts; Natural disasters; Private sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041976006     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ehaz.2002.0405     Document Type: Article

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