A preliminary assessment of social and economic impacts associated with Hurricane Katrina

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-670

  Petterson, John S ^a   Stanley, Laura D ^a   Glazier, Edward ^a   Philipp, James ^a  

^a IMPACT ASSESSMENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental disaster; Evacuation; Gulf Coast recovery; Hurricane Katrina; Socioeconomic impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751576830     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.4.643     Document Type: Article

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