Disproportionality and disaster: Hurricane katrina and the mississippi river-gulf outlet

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-515

  Freudenburg, William R ^a   Gramling, Robert ^b   Laska, Shirley ^c   Erikson, Kai T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67749104000     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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