Introduction: Social organization of demographic responses to disaster: Studying population-environment interactions in the case of Hurricane Katrina

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-394

  Fussell, Elizabeth ^a   Elliott, James R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Environment; Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; Population; Urban

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL DISASTER; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149111663     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609347181     Document Type: Article

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