Katrina and migration: Evacuation and return by African Americans and Vietnamese Americans in an Eastern New Orleans suburb

Professional Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-118

  Li, Wei ^a   Airriess, Christopher A ^b   Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^c   Leong, Karen J ^a   Keith, Verna ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Evacuation and return; Katrina; New Orleans; Vietnamese American

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETURN MIGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBURBAN AREA;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74349126939     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120903404934     Document Type: Article

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