Katrina Cataclysm: Does duration of residency and prior experience affect impacts, evacuation, and adaptation behavior among survivors?

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-489

  Adeola, Francis O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

FEMA; Flood catastrophe; Hurricane Katrina; Natural technological disaster; Psychosocial impacts; Social disorganization; Social vulnerability; USACE

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FLOOD; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL DISASTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTIN; GEORGIA; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649616573     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508316651     Document Type: Article

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